''Sympis'' 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 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 ...
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
Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching above vertex of head and long slightly curved third joint. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia spineless, and hairy. The first joint of hind tarsi hairy on the upperside. Forewings with somewhat produced and acute apex.
Species
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Sympis ochreobasis
''Sympis ochreobasis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Pagenstecher in 1900. It is endemic to the Bismarck Islands of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an islan ...
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Pagenstecher, 1900
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Sympis parkeri
''Sympis parkeri'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1894. It is endemic to the Australian state of Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Austra ...
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Lucas, 1894
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Sympis rufibasis
''Sympis rufibasis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Borneo east to New Guinea, the Solomons and Queensland.
Description
Its wings ...
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Guenée, 1852
References
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Calpinae
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