Machairophora

Machairophora
Machairophora fumigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Machairophora
Hampson, 1893
Type species
Machairophora fulvipuncta Hampson, 1893
Synonyms
  • Machaerophora Hampson, 1900

Machairophora is a genus of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. Two species included, which found from Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea only.

Description

In male, antennae bipectinate with short branches. Fore tibia with a short curved spine. Mid and hind tibia with long terminal spur pairs. Wings are covered with scales and hair. In fore wings, veins 7 to 9 stalked, vein 11 arising from vein 10, then anastomosing with vein 12. Hind wings with stalked veins 3 and 4, where the veins 6 and 7 on a very long stalk. Vein 8 from near end of cell.[1]

Species

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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