Hulodes

Hulodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Tribe:Hulodini
Genus:Hulodes
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852[1]
Synonyms
  • Hylodes Hampson, 1894

Hulodes is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.

Description

Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head, and third joint minute in male and moderate length in female. Antennae simple. Thorax and abdomen clothed with coarse hair. Tibia spineless. Male with tibia, first tarsal joint of mid legs and all joints of hind legs are fringed with long hair. Fore wings with arched costa towards apex, which is somewhat falcate. Hind wings with short cell. Vein 5 from close to lower angle. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where the first pair rudimentary.[2]

Species

Former species

References

  1. taxapad.com
  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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