Arcte

Arcte
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Genus: Arcte
Kollar, [1844]
Synonyms
  • Cocytodes Guenee, 1852

Arcte is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, and short third joint. Antennae quite simple. Thorax and abdomen clothed with long hair. Abdomen[1] in male with a strongly ridged chitinous rasp on center of dorsum of penultimate segment, probably played on by the strong chitinous spurs of the hind legs. Tibia fringed with long hairs.

Species

  • Arcte coerula Guenée, 1852
  • Arcte granulata (Guenee, 1852)
  • Arcte modesta (Hoeven, 1840)
  • Arcte polygrapha Kollar, [1844]
  • Arcte taprobana Moore, 1885

References

  1. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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