Plusiodonta

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Plusiodonta
File:Plusiodonta excavata (Guenée, 1862).jpg
Plusiodonta excavata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Calpini
Genus: Plusiodonta
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Gadera Walker, [1858]
  • Deva Walker, [1858]
  • Odontina Guenée, 1862
  • Tafalla Walker, 1869
  • Tinnodoa Nye, 1975

Plusiodonta is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1][2][3]

Description

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Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. Forewings with somewhat acute apex. The outer margin more or less angled at vein 4. Inner margin with tufts of scales at center and outer angle, the margin being excised between them. Legs smoothly scaled. Antennae bipectinated in male. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.[4]

Species

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References

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