Pterogonia
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Genus: | Pterogonia Swinhoe, 1891
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Pterogonia is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae described by Swinhoe in 1891.
Description
Palpi obliquely upturned and reaching above a sharp frontal tuft. Forewings with straight costa. Outer margin angled at vein 3. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to form an areole. The retinaculum is bar-shaped in male. Hindwings with vein 8 anastomosing with vein 7 to middle of cell. Vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.[1]
Species
- Pterogonia aurigutta (Walker, 1858)
- Pterogonia cardinalis Holloway, 1976
- Pterogonia cassidata Warren, 1916
- Pterogonia episcopalis Swinhoe, 1891
- Pterogonia nubes (Hampson, 1893)
References
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
- Savela, Markku. "Pterogonia Swinhoe, 1891". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/nolidae/westermanniinae/pterogonia/. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Pterogonia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=276425.
Wikidata ☰ Q7256801 entry
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