Gyrtona

Gyrtona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Gyrtona
Walker, 1863 [1]
Type species
Gyrtona proximalis
Walker, 1863 [2]
Synonyms
  • Chuduca Walker, 1863
  • Clina Walker, 1865
  • Nigramma Walker, 1863

Gyrtona is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Similar to Stictoptera, differs in porrect palpi and more hairy. A large frontal tuft present. Antennae with long cilia in male and abdomen tuftless. Fore wings with slightly raised tufts at middle and end of cell.[3]

Species

References

  1. Gyrtona at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
  2. Gyrtona at The Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
  3. 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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