Homodes

Homodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Subfamily:Boletobiinae
Genus:Homodes
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852

Homodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.

Description

Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, where the third joint very minute. Antennae ciliated. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia nearly smooth. Fore legs of male with a tuft of long hair from base of coxa. Fore wing with round apex. Hind wings with vein 5 from near center of discocellulars.[2]

Species

  • Homodes bracteigutta Walker, 1862
  • Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852
  • Homodes iomolybda Meyrick, 1889
  • Homodes vivida Guenée, 1852

References

  1. ↑ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  2. ↑ 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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