Raparna

Raparna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Raparna
Moore, 1882
Synonyms
  • Rapara Pagenstecher, 1909[1]

Raparna is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.

Description

Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and thickly scaled. Third joint long and naked. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia nearly naked. Fore wings with rectangular or rounded apex. The areole sometimes very small if present, or usually absent. Hind wings with vein 5 from well above lower angle of cell. Vein 3 and 4 from cell or on a very short stalk.[2]

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the Phytometrinae subfamily of Erebidae or the Calpinae subfamily of the Noctuidae family.[3]

Species

Former species

References

  1. afromoths.net
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. "Raparna". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
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