Toxophleps

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

Toxophleps is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. The species are transferred in to Tarache.

Description

Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and roughly scaled and third joint short. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia naked.Fore wings with nearly rectangular apex. Veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hind wings with veins 6 and 7 stalked.[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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