Phazaca Unicaudoides
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''Phazaca'' is a genus 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
Uraniidae The Uraniidae are a family (biology), family of moths containing four subfamily (biology), subfamilies, 90 genera, and roughly 700 species. The family is distributed throughout the tropics of the Americas, Africa and Indo-Australia.Carter, David ...
first described by Walker in 1863.


Description

Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae thickened and flattened in male. Forewings broad. The outer margin evenly curved. Vein 5 from below the upper angle of cell and veins 6,7 and 8,9 stalked. vein 10 from cell. Hindwings usually with the outer margin produced to points at veins 4 and 7, slightly developed in male. Vein 5 from the middle of discocellulars. Veins 6 and 7 from angle of cell or shortly stalked. Male with a fold on inner area containing a tuft of long hair, veins 1b and 2 being distorted. Wings held more or less apart in repose.


Species

*'' Phazaca acutilinea'' (Warren, 1897) *'' Phazaca alikangensis'' (Strand, 1917) *'' Phazaca cesena'' (Swinhoe, 1902) *'' Phazaca cesenaleuca'' Holloway, 1998 *'' Phazaca conifera'' (Moore, 1887) *'' Phazaca coniferoides'' Holloway, 1998 *'' Phazaca cyclocrossa'' (Turner, 1926) *'' Phazaca cythera'' (Swinhoe, 1902) *'' Phazaca decorata'' (Warren, 1898) *'' Phazaca erosioides'' Walker, 1863 *'' Phazaca interrupta'' (Warren, 1896) *''
Phazaca kellersi ''Phazaca kellersi'' is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Willie Horace Thomas Tams in 1935. It is found in Samoa and was described by two specimen from Tutuila Tutuila is the largest and most populous island of Ame ...
'' Tams, 1935 (from Samoa) *'' Phazaca leucocephala'' (Walker, 1863) *''
Phazaca leucocera ''Phazaca leucocera'' is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, southern India, China, Borneo and the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Du ...
'' (Hampson, 1891) *''
Phazaca lugens ''Phazaca'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Walker in 1863. Description Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae thickened and flattened in male. Forewings broad. The outer margin evenly curved. Vein 5 fro ...
'' (Warren, 1897) *''
Phazaca monticesena ''Phazaca'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae The Uraniidae are a family (biology), family of moths containing four subfamily (biology), subfamilies, 90 genera, and roughly 700 species. The family is distributed throughout the tropi ...
'' Holloway, 1998 *''
Phazaca mutans ''Phazaca'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Walker in 1863. Description Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae thickened and flattened in male. Forewings broad. The outer margin evenly curved. Vein 5 fro ...
'' (Butler, 1887) *''
Phazaca perfallax ''Phazaca'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Walker in 1863. Description Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae thickened and flattened in male. Forewings broad. The outer margin evenly curved. Vein 5 fro ...
'' (Warren, 1898) *''
Phazaca planimargo ''Phazaca'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Walker in 1863. Description Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae thickened and flattened in male. Forewings broad. The outer margin evenly curved. Vein 5 fro ...
'' (Warren, 1906) *''
Phazaca rhombifera ''Phazaca'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Walker in 1863. Description Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae thickened and flattened in male. Forewings broad. The outer margin evenly curved. Vein 5 fro ...
'' (Warren, 1897) *''
Phazaca stolida ''Phazaca'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Walker in 1863. Description Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae thickened and flattened in male. Forewings broad. The outer margin evenly curved. Vein 5 fro ...
'' (Butler, 1886) *''
Phazaca theclata ''Phazaca theclata'' is a moth of the family Uraniidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is known from Africa south of the Sahara, from Saudi Arabia, as well as from India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Description It ...
'' (Guenée, 1857) *''
Phazaca unicauda ''Phazaca'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Walker in 1863. Description Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae thickened and flattened in male. Forewings broad. The outer margin evenly curved. Vein 5 fro ...
'' (Dudgeon, 1905) *'' Phazaca unicaudoides'' Holloway, 1998


References

* Uraniidae {{Geometroidea-stub