Risoba

Risoba
Risoba prominens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Risobinae
Genus: Risoba
Moore, 1881
Synonyms
  • Pitrasa Moore, 1882
  • Lycoselene Möschler, 1887

Risoba is a genus of moths of the Nolidae family.

Description

Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head. Antennae almost as long as fore wing, with fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, latter long. Tibia smooth and spineless. Fore wings without raised tufts and rectangular apex. Cilia non-crenulate. Retinaculum of male bar-shaped and claspers long and elongate.[1]

Species

References

  1. 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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