Hemonia
Appearance
Hemonia | |
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Hemonia micrommata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Nudariina |
Genus: | Hemonia Walker, 1863[1] |
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Hemonia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. They are found only in Sri Lanka and Borneo.
Description
[edit]Palpi slight and porrect (extending forward). Antennae ciliated in male. Forewings very broad and rounded. Vein 3 from before angle of cell, veins 4, 5 and 6, 7 stalked. Veins 8 to 11 nearly erect where vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwing with veins 4 and 5 stalked, vein 3 absent, vein 6 and 7 stalked and vein 8 from near end of cell.[2]
Species
[edit]- Hemonia micrommata Turner, 1899
- Hemonia monochroa Hampson, 1914
- Hemonia murina Rothschild, 1913
- Hemonia orbiferana Walker, 1863
- Hemonia pallida Hampson, 1914
- Hemonia rotundata Snellen, 1879
- Hemonia schistacea Rothschild, 1913
- Hemonia schistaceoalba Rothschild, 1913
- Hemonia simillima Rothschild, 1913
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Hemonia Walker, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.