''Hulodes'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
first described by
Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head, and third joint minute in male and moderate length in female. Antennae simple. Thorax and abdomen clothed with coarse hair. Tibia spineless. Male with tibia, first tarsal joint of mid-legs and all joints of hindlegs are fringed with long hair. Forewings with arched costa towards apex, which is somewhat falcate. Hindwings with short cell. Vein 5 from close to lower angle. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where the first pair rudimentary.
Species
* ''
Hulodes caranea''
Cramer, 780
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* '' Hulodes donata'' Schultze, 1907
* '' Hulodes drylla'' Guenée, 1852
* '' Hulodes gravata'' Prout, 1932
* '' Hulodes ischnesthes'' Prout, 1932
* '' Hulodes saturnioides'' Guenée, 1852
* '' Hulodes solomonensis'' Hampson, 1926
Former species
* ''
Hulodes angulata''
Prout, 1928
* ''
Hulodes fusifascia''
(Walker, 1869)
* ''
Hulodes hilaris''
Prout, 1921
References
External links
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* Holloway, Jeremy Danie
"''Hulodes'' Guenée" ''The Moths of Borneo''. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
Hulodini
Moth genera
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