Chamaita

Genus of moths

For the town in Nepal, see Chamaita, Ilam.

Chamaita

Chamaita species
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Subfamily:  | Arctiinae
Subtribe:  | Nudariina
Genus:  | Chamaita
Walker, 1862
Synonyms

* Homopsyche Butler, 1882

Chamaita is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1862.[1] Species are distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka, and Borneo.

## Description

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Palpi slight and porrect (extending forward). Antennae very long with thickened basal joint. Tibia with short spurs. Forewings with hairy and highly arched costa. In forewings, vein 3 from before angle of cell, vein 5 from near center of discocellulars and vein 6 from below upper angle. Veins 7 and 8 stalked, vein 9 absent and vein 11 not anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 before angle of cell, vein 5 from above angle, veins 6 and 7 stalked and vein 8 from middle of cell.[2]

## Species

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* Chamaita barnardi
* Chamaita celebensis
* Chamaita edelburga
* Chamaita fasciata
* Chamaita fascioterminata
* Chamaita fissa
* Chamaita hirta
* Chamaita metamelaena
* Chamaita neuropteroides
* Chamaita niveata
* Chamaita nubifera
* Chamaita nudarioides
* Chamaita nympha
* Chamaita psocidula
* Chamaita ranruna
* Chamaita semifasciata
* Chamaita sundanympha
* Chamaita trichopteroides

## References

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1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Chamaita Walker, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis - via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

## External links

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Wikispecies has information related to Chamaita.

* Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.

Taxon identifiers

Chamaita|

* Wikidata: Q5069410
* Wikispecies: Chamaita
* AFD: Chamaita
* BioLib: 524446
* BOLD: 50482
* ButMoth: 5722.0
* GBIF: 1809017
* iNaturalist: 126056
* IRMNG: 1318453
* LepIndex: 36578
* NCBI: 694664
* Open Tree of Life: 501932

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