Schistophleps

Schistophleps is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1891.

Schistophleps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Nudariina
Genus: Schistophleps
Hampson, 1891[1]
Synonyms
  • Phaneropseustis Turner, 1899

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward) and short. Antennae with swollen basal joint clothed with long scales. Tibia with short spurs. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Vein 5 from near center of discocellulars. Vein 6 from upper angle and veins 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked. Vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. There are three veinlets between vein 12 and the costa. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and vein 5 from above angle. Veins 6 and 7 stalked and vein 8 from near end of cell.[2]

Species

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Schistophleps Hampson, 1891". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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