Conservula

Conservula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Noctuidae
Tribe:Caradrinini
Genus:Conservula
Grote, 1874

Conservula is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874.

Description

Its eyes are naked and without lashes. The proboscis is fully developed. Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, thickly scaled where the third joint minute. Antennae simple in both sexes. Metathorax with tufts which are well developed in the American species, slight in other regions. Abdomen without tufts. Tibia spineless. Forewings with non-crenulate cilia.[1]

Species

  • Conservula alambica Gaede, 1915
  • Conservula ancillottoi (Berio, 1978)
  • Conservula anodonta (Guenée, 1852)
  • Conservula anthophyes (D. S. Fletcher, 1963)
  • Conservula cinisigna de Joannis, 1906
  • Conservula clarki Janse, 1937
  • Conservula comoriensis (Viette, 1979)
  • Conservula furca (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
  • Conservula indica (Moore, 1867)
  • Conservula malagasa Gaede, 1915
  • Conservula minor Holland, 1896
  • Conservula rosacea (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Conservula scriptura (Rougeot & Laporte, 1983)
  • Conservula simillima Berio, 1966
  • Conservula sinensis Hampson, 1908
  • Conservula subrosacea (Viette, 1958)
  • Conservula v-brunneum (Guenée, 1852)

References

  1. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths volume II". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Savela, Markku. "Conservula Grote, 1874". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 8, 2017.


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