Argidava_(moth)

<i>Argidava</i> (moth)

Argidava (moth)

Genus of moths

Argidava is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1863.

Quick Facts Argidava, Scientific classification ...

The List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum[1] describes a specimen as follows:

Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis stout. Palpi porrect, pilose, hardly extending beyond the head; third joint extremely short. Antennas moderately pectinated. Abdomen slightly compressed, not extending beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small, elongate. Legs smooth, slender. Wings rather broad; exterior border hardly festooned. Fore wings acute; costa straight; exterior border slightly convex and oblique.

Species

The Index of Scientific Names lists the following names:[2]

  • Argidava irrorata[3]
  • Argidava maculata[3]
  • Argidava punctata Butler [4]
  • Argidava sparsularia, a subjective synonym of subviduata Meyrick 1892 [5]
  • Argidava subviduata Walker, [1863]

Argidava subviduata

The List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum[1] describes a specimen as follows:

Male. Pale slaty cinereous. Head blackish brown in front. Wings very thinly and minutely black-speckled. Fore wings with the interior and submarginal lines composed of black dots; a black dot near the base, and a black elongated discal spot; marginal points black. Hind wings with some trace of the submarginal line of dots. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines.

a. Australia. From Mr. Damel's collection.

References

  1. [1]
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1854-66, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.58221, p. 1548
  2. [2]
    Index of Scientific Names
  3. [3]
    A Catalogue of the Moths of India
  4. [4]
    Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum
  5. [5]
    Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Argidava subviduata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 26, 2018.


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