Pseudoblabes

Pseudoblabes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pseudoblabes
Zeller, 1853[1]

Pseudoblabes is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.

Description

Palpi slight and porrect. Antennae of male ciliated. Tibia with long spurs. Fore wings broad and costa highly arched. Vein 3 arise from close to angle of cell, vein 5 absent. Vein 6 from below upper angle. Vein 7 to 9 stalked and vein 10 absent. Hind wings of male possess a patch of modified scales on the costal vein. Apex excised and veins 3 and 5 absent. Female also absent vein 3. Vein 5 from above angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 stalked, and vein 8 from middle of cell which is closed. Fore wings with a large costal fold in male and small in female.[2]

Species

References

  1. Pseudoblabes at funet
  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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