Rhodoneura

Rhodoneura
Rhodoneura pudicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Thyridoidea
Family: Thyrididae
Subfamily: Siculodinae
Tribe: Rhodoneurini
Genus: Rhodoneura
Guenée, 1858
Synonyms
  • Osca Walker, 1863 (preocc.)

Rhodoneura is a genus of moths of the Thyrididae family described by Achille Guenée in 1858.[1]

Description

Palpi straight, upturned, reaching above vertex of head. Third joint variable in length. Forewings slightly produced and acute at apex. Forewings with veins 6 to 10 given off to the angle of cell. Hindwings with vein 5 from just above lower angle of cell.[2]

Type species

Species

Some species of this genus are:[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rhodoneura Genus details". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. afromoths.net: Genus Rhodoneura
  4. funet.fi
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