Pterogonia

Pterogonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Chloephorinae
Genus: Pterogonia
Swinhoe, 1891

Pterogonia is a genus of moths of the Nolidae family.

Description

Palpi obliquely upturned and reaching above a sharp frontal tuft. Fore wings with straight costa. Outer margin angled at vein 3. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to form an areole. The retinaculum is bar-shaped in male. Hind wings with vein 8 anastomosing with vein 7 to middle of cell. Vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.[1]

Species

  • Pterogonia aurigutta (Walker, 1858)
  • Pterogonia cardinalis Holloway, 1976
  • Pterogonia cassidata Warren, 1916
  • Pterogonia episcopalis Swinhoe, 1891
  • Pterogonia nubes (Hampson, 1893)

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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  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterogonia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.


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