Sympis

Sympis
	Sympis rufibasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Sympis; Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852

Sympis is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching above vertex of head and long slightly curved third joint. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia spineless, and hairy. The first joint of hind tarsi hairy on the upperside. Fore wings with somewhat produced and acute apex.^[1]

Species

Sympis ochreobasis Pachenstecher, 1900
Sympis parkeri Lucas, 1894
Sympis rufibasis Guenée, 1852

References

↑ 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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[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.