''Aquita'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Nolidae
Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known as tuft moths, aft ...
.
Species
* ''
Aquita acontioides''
(Walker, 1862)
* ''
Aquita capnodes''
(Wileman and West, 1928)
* ''
Aquita ectrocta''
(Hampson, 1907)
* ''
Aquita grisea''
(Hampson, 1914)
* ''
Aquita hemiphaea''
(Hampson, 1905)
* ''
Aquita laminata''
(Hampson, 1891) (syn: ''Aquita rufescens''
(Hampson, 1894))
* ''
Aquita leucobaeta''
(Wileman and West, 1928)
* ''
Aquita plagiochyta''
(Turner, 1944)
* ''
Aquita scoparialis''
(Wileman and West, 1928)
* ''
Aquita seria''
Holloway, 2003
* ''
Aquita tactalis''
(Walker, 1863) (syn: ''Aquita horridella''
Walker, 1863)
''Aquita lunisigna''
(Hampson, 1898) is now known as ''
Barasa lunisigna''.
References
* (1989). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae''. CRC Press. , .
External links
Aquita at funet*
Nolinae
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