Avitta

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Avitta
Avitta puncta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae (?)
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Genus: Avitta
Walker, 1858
Synonyms
  • Asta Walker, [1863]
  • Oroba Walker, [1863]
  • Pantura Moore, [1885]
  • Imleanga Lucas, 1901

Avitta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1858.

Description

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Palpi sickle shaped, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Antennae long and ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Femur and tibia fringed with hair. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from just above lower angle of cell.[1]

Species

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References

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