Rhodoneura

Rhodoneura
Rhodoneura pudicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Thyridoidea
Family: Thyrididae
Subfamily: Siculodinae
Tribe: Rhodoneurini
Genus: Rhodoneura
Guenée, 1858
Synonyms
  • Osca Walker, 1863 (preocc.)

Rhodoneura is a genus of moths of the Thyrididae family described by Achille Guenée in 1858.[1]

Description

Palpi straight, upturned, reaching above vertex of head. Third joint variable in length. Forewings slightly produced and acute at apex. Forewings with veins 6 to 10 given off to the angle of cell. Hindwings with vein 5 from just above lower angle of cell.[2]

Type species

Species

Some species of this genus are:[3][4]

  • Rhodoneura acaciusalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Rhodoneura aurata (Butler, 1882)
  • Rhodoneura cuprea (Butler, 1882)
  • Rhodoneura abacha Whalley, 1971
  • Rhodoneura disjuncta (Gaede, 1929)
  • Rhodoneura disparalis Hampson, 1910
  • Rhodoneura elegantula Viette, 1957
  • Rhodoneura fallax (Warren, 1896)
  • Rhodoneura flavicilia Hampson, 1906
  • Rhodoneura intimalis (Moore, 1888)
  • Rhodoneura lacunosa Whalley, 1971
  • Rhodoneura limatula Whalley, 1967
  • Rhodoneura marojejy Viette, 1960
  • Rhodoneura mellea (Saalmüller, 1881)
  • Rhodoneura mescememna Dyar, 1914
  • Rhodoneura molecula (Dyar, 1914)
  • Rhodoneura multiguttata (Hampson, 1906)
  • Rhodoneura nitens (Butler, 1887)
  • Rhodoneura opalinula (Mabille, 1879)
  • Rhodoneura pammicra Dyar, 1914
  • Rhodoneura postponens (Dyar, 1914)
  • Rhodoneura roseola Whalley, 1971
  • Rhodoneura serraticornis (Warren, 1899)
  • Rhodoneura seyrigi (Viette, 1957)
  • Rhodoneura sordidula (Plötz, 1880)
  • Rhodoneura strix Viette, 1958
  • Rhodoneura superba (Viette, 1954)
  • Rhodoneura terreola (Mabille, 1880)
  • Rhodoneura translucida Viette, 1954
  • Rhodoneura viettealis Whalley, 1977
  • Rhodoneura werneburgalis (Keferstein, 1870)
  • Rhodoneura zophocrana Viette, 1957
  • Rhodoneura zurisana Whalley, 1971

References

  1. 1 2 "Rhodoneura Genus details". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. I. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Rhodoneura Guenée, 1857 at Afromoths. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Rhodoneura Guenée, 1858". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
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