Aucha
Aucha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Cobubathinae |
| Genus: | Aucha Walker, 1858 |
Description
Its eyes are naked and without lashes. The proboscis is well developed. Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching above vertex of head, and third joint short. Antennae simple. Thorax and abdomen without tufts and smoothly scaled. Tibia spineless. Forewings with non-crenulate cilia and hindwings produced at apex.[1]
Species
- Aucha melaleuca Berio, 1940
- Aucha polyphaenoides (Wiltshire, 1961)
- Aucha tenebricosa (Saalmüller, 1891)
- Aucha triphaenoides Walker, 1865
- Aucha velans Walker, [1858]
- Aucha vesta Swinhoe, 1901
References
- Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Aucha Walker, 1858". Afromoths. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
- Savela, Markku. "Aucha Walker, [1858]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
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