''Pseudomicronia'' 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 ...

Description

Palpi short, porrect and not very slender. Antennae thickened and flattened. Mid tibia with one pair of spurs, hind tibia with two pairs. Forewing with costa slightly arched. The apex rounded, the outer margin straight. Veins 2 and 3 from a point before end of cell. Veins 6 and 7 stalked. Veins 8 to 10 stalked. Hindwing with an angled tail at vein 4 and veins 3,4 from cell.

Species

Some species of this genus are: *'' Pseudomicronia advocataria'' (Walker, 1861) (India, Taiwan, China, Philippines, Borneo) *'' Pseudomicronia archilis'' (Oberthür, 1891) *'' Pseudomicronia bundutuhan'' Holloway, 1998 (Borneo) *'' Pseudomicronia charassozona'' West, 1932 *'' Pseudomicronia fraterna'' Moore, 1887 (Sri Lanka) *'' Pseudomicronia oppositana'' Snellen *'' Pseudomicronia unimacula'' Warren *'' Pseudomicronia tibetana'' Bytinski-Salz, 1939 (Tibet)

References

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Moore, 1887 . ''The Lepidoptera of Ceylon'' 3: 461
Uraniidae {{Geometroidea-stub