''Entomogramma'' 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 ...

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 of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

. The genus was erected by

Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very ear ...

in 1852.

Description

The compound eye (oculi) of the head (caput) of the adult (imago) is hemispherical, smooth, dark brown to black, and consists of multiple ommatidia. Antennae are filiform, about 40 – 60% of the length of the forewing. The labial palps contain three segments, which are prominently extended or lifted up. The third segment is slender and sickle shaped, which is a typical feature of pyralinae. Its forewings are triangular, with a length to width ratio of about 2.5:1. Its venation is complete, with 12 longitudinal veins (R₅ and m₁ are separated, and cup degenerates). The ground color is mostly yellowish brown or grayish brown, with three dark brown wavy transverse bands (basic, medium, Postmedial), and the end of the middle chamber often has metallic luster scale clusters. Hindwings are fan-shaped. Its abdomen is composed of 10 sections, and the boundary between the tergites and the sternites is clear. The 8th to 9th ventral segments of male insects are specialized into genitalia, and the holding apparatus (valvae) is developed; The ovipositor of the female is shortened and has hair clusters at the end.

Species

* '' Entomogramma fautrix'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Entomogramma torsa'' Guenée, 1852

References

External links

* Catocalinae {{Catocalinae-stub