Micraeschus

<i>Micraeschus</i>

Micraeschus

Genus of moths

Micraeschus is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.

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Description

Palpi very slender and obliquely upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae with fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Legs naked, with normal spurs. Forewing with veins 7 to 10 stalked. Hindwings with stalked 3 and 4. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.[1]

Species

References

  1. [1]
    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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