Sphetta
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| Sphetta | |
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| File:Sphetta bornea (Notodontidae- Platychasmatinae) (4182763597).jpg | |
| Sphetta bornea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Sphetta Walker, 1865 |
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Sphetta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]Its eyes are naked. Palpi obliquely porrect (extending forward), reaching beyond the frons, where the second joint is heavily hairy. Antennae fasciculated (bundled). Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Abdomen is long. Tibia without spines. Forewings broad and rounded. Vein 3 from long before end of cell. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 on a short stalk, vein 8 running close along vein 7 to middle of cell.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]- Sphetta apicalis Walker, 1865
- Sphetta bornea Holloway, 1989
References
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