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    Zethes (moth)

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Genus of moths

    Zethes
    Scientific classification e
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Lepidoptera
    Superfamily: Noctuoidea
    Family: Erebidae
    Tribe: Pericymini
    Genus: Zethes
    Rambur, 1833

    Zethes is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Rambur in 1833.[1][2]

    Description

    Palpi thickly scaled, where the second joint obliquely upturned to above vertex of head. Third joint usually long. Thorax and abdomen usually smoothly scaled. Tibia moderately hairy. Forewings with acute apex. Outer margin more or less angled at middle. Hindwings with vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars.[3]

    Species

    • Zethes brandti Janzon, 1977
    • Zethes humilis Mabille, 1900 (from Madagascar)
    • Zethes insularis Rambur, 1833 (Mediterranean, Near East, Armenia)
    • Zethes monotonus Wiltshire, 1938
    • Zethes narghisa Brandt, 1938
    • Zethes nemea Brandt, 1938
    • Zethes pistazina Weisert, 2001
    • Zethes propinquus Christoph, 1885
    • Zethes sagittula (von Heyden, 1891) (from Madagascar)[4]

    References

    1. ↑ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Zethes Rambur, 1833". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=31010.0. 
    2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. "Zethes Rambur, 1833". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/catocalinae/zethes/. 
    3. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up. 
    4. ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Zethes Rambur, 1833". http://www.afromoths.net/genus/show/762310. 

    Wikidata ☰ Q8069753 entry




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