Oxyodes

Oxyodes
	Oxyodes scrobiculata - Female dorsal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Oxyodes; Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852

Oxyodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Description

Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long. Antennae almost simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and somewhat slender. Tibia spineless. Fore tibia hairy. Forewings with produced and acute apex. Outer margin slightly excised and crenulate cilia.[1]

Species

Oxyodes scrobiculata (Fabricius, 1775)
Oxyodes tricolor Guenée, 1852

References

Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Savela, Markku. "Oxyodes Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Oxyodes Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.