Thermesia

Thermesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Thermesia

Thermesia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi obliquely upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. A sharp frontal tuft present. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia spineless and moderately hairy. Fore wings with highly arched costa before apex, which is acute. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs.[1]

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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