Urbona

Urbona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Chloephorinae
Genus: Urbona
Walker, 1862
Synonyms
  • Nagasena

Urbona was a genus of moths of the family Nolidae. It is now considered a synonym of Negeta.

Description

Palpi slender and naked, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae with long cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, except for a slight tuft on first segment of abdomen. Tibia moderately hairy. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex. Inner margin lobed near base. Retinaculum is bar shaped in male. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell.[1]

Species

  • Urbona abbreviata (Warren, 1916)
  • Urbona albescens (Moore, 1882)
  • Urbona chlorocrota (Hampson, 1907)
  • Urbona dentilinealis (Moore, 1877)
  • Urbona lacteata Hampson, 1910
  • Urbona leucophaea (Walker, [1863])
  • Urbona nivea (Hampson, 1902)
  • Urbona sublineata Walker, 1862
  • Urbona tamsi (Eecke, 1924)

References

  1. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths volume II". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  • Savela, Markku. "Urbona Walker, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Urbona". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2018.


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