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Aquita

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Short description: Genus of moths

Aquita
Aquita plagiochyta
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Nolinae
Genus: Aquita
Walker, 1863
Synonyms[1]
  • Zia Walker, 1863

Aquita is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae.

Species

  • Aquita acontioides (Walker, 1862)
  • Aquita capnodes (Wileman and West, 1928)
  • Aquita ectrocta (Hampson, 1907)
  • Aquita grisea (Hampson, 1914)
  • Aquita hemiphaea (Hampson, 1905)
  • Aquita laminata (Hampson, 1891) (syn: Aquita rufescens (Hampson, 1894))
  • Aquita leucobaeta (Wileman and West, 1928)
  • Aquita plagiochyta (Turner, 1944)
  • Aquita scoparialis (Wileman and West, 1928)
  • Aquita seria Holloway, 2003
  • Aquita tactalis (Walker, 1863) (syn: Aquita horridella Walker, 1863)

Aquita lunisigna (Hampson, 1898) is now known as Barasa lunisigna.

References

  1. Zia at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
  • Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.

Wikidata ☰ Q4783006 entry





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