Rivula

Genus of moths

Rivula

Rivula sericealis
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Subfamily:  | Rivulinae
Genus:  | Rivula
Guenée in Duponchel, [1845] [1]
Synonyms[2][3][4]

* Cholimma Walker, [1863]
* Motina Walker, 1863
* Plotheia Walker, 1863
* Rhazunda Walker, 1866
* Pasira Moore, 1882
* Rivulana Bethune-Baker, 1911
* Prorivula Schaus, 1913
* Euchromalia Schaus, 1916
* Alikangiana Strand, 1920
* Paurosceles Turner, 1945
* Thopelia Nye, 1975

Rivula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Achille Guenée in 1845.

## Description[edit]

Palpi porrect (extending forward), the second joint thickly scaled, and third joint minute. A sharp front tuft present. Antennae minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. The typical section has the tibia of the male nearly naked. Forewings with nearly rectangular apex. Veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with stalked veins 3 and 4.[5]

## Species[edit]

* Rivula aenictopis Turner, 1908
* Rivula aequalis Walker, 1863
* Rivula albistriga (Hampson, 1893)
* Rivula albovenata Gaede, 1939
* Rivula anaemica Hampson, 1926
* Rivula anapsida de Joannis, 1929
* Rivula apsidiphora de Joannis, 1929
* Rivula arizanensis Wileman & South, 1916
* Rivula aroa Bethune-Baker, 1906
* Rivula asteria H. Druce, 1898
* Rivula atimeta C. Swinhoe, 1905
* Rivula auripalpis Butler, 1839
* Rivula basalis Hampson, 1891
* Rivula biagi Bethune-Baker, 1908
* Rivula bicolorana Legrand, 1965
* Rivula bioculalis Moore, 1877
* Rivula calamina Hampson, 1926
* Rivula calcaripuncta Holloway, 2008
* Rivula caledonica Holloway, 1979
* Rivula catadela D. S. Fletcher, 1961
* Rivula cognata Hampson, 1912
* Rivula concinna T. P. Lucas, 1895
* Rivula concolor Hulstaert, 1924
* Rivula constellata Hampson, 1926
* Rivula continentalis Gaede, 1939
* Rivula costinotata Hampson, 1926
* Rivula craspisticta Hampson, 1926
* Rivula curvata Gaede, 1939
* Rivula curvifera Walker, 1862
* Rivula curvilinea Wileman, 1911
* Rivula cyanepuncta Hampson, 1907
* Rivula cyclina (Mabille, 1900)
* Rivula dimorpha Fryer, 1912
* Rivula dipterygosoma Tams, 1935
* Rivula dispar de Joannis, 1915
* Rivula distributa Walker, 1866
* Rivula dubitatrix Bryk, 1948
* Rivula endotricha Hampson, 1926
* Rivula erebina Hampson, 1926
* Rivula errabunda Wileman, 1911
* Rivula ethiopina Hampson, 1926
* Rivula everta C. Swinhoe, 1901
* Rivula faircloughi Holloway, 2008
* Rivula geminipunta Turner, 1945
* Rivula inconspicua Butler, 1881
* Rivula innotabilis Walker, 1863
* Rivula invertita (Berio, 1956)
* Rivula latipes Schaus, 1913
* Rivula leucanioides (Walker, 1863)
* Rivula leuconephra Hampson, 1926
* Rivula leucosticta C. Swinhoe, 1895
* Rivula lophosoma Hampson, 1926
* Rivula mageei Holloway, 2008
* Rivula manuselensis A. E. Prout, 1922
* Rivula maxwelli Robinson, 1975
* Rivula meeki Bethune-Baker, 1906
* Rivula microcyma Hampson, 1926
* Rivula microsticta Hampson, 1926
* Rivula modesta Gaede, 1939
* Rivula monorena Holloway
* Rivula niphodesma Meyrick, 1891
* Rivula niveipuncta C. Swinhoe, 1905
* Rivula ochracea Berio, 1956
* Rivula ochraceoides Poole, 1989
* Rivula ochrea (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
* Rivula pallida Moore, 1882
* Rivula parallella (Hampson, 1902)
* Rivula peruvensis Hampson, 1926
* Rivula plumipes Hampson, 1907
* Rivula polynesiana Hampson, 1926
* Rivula propinqualis Guenée, 1854 - spotted grass moth
* Rivula pusilla Möschler, 1890
* Rivula rentoni Holloway, 2008
* Rivula robinsoni Holloway, 2008
* Rivula rufescens Schaus, 1913
* Rivula sericealis Scopoli, 1763 - straw dot moth
* Rivula simulatrix Hampson, 1912
* Rivula sordida Walker, [1863]
* Rivula sororcula (Saalmüller, 1891)
* Rivula stepheni Sullivan, 2009
* Rivula striatura C. Swinhoe, 1895
* Rivula tanitalis Rebel, 1912
* Rivula trilineata Moore, 1888
* Rivula unctalis Staudinger, 1892
* Rivula vicarialis Walker, 1866
* Rivula violetta Schaus, 1904

## References[edit]

1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Rivula​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Rivula​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
3. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Rivula Guenée, 1845". Afromoths. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
4. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (July 5, 2019). "Rivula Guenée in Duponchel, [1845]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
5. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis - via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

## External links[edit]

* Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Rivula Guenée, 1845". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
* Rebel (1912). Iris 26: 70, fig. 3.
* Scopoli (1763). Entomologia Carniolica.
* Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p. 12. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

Taxon identifiers

Rivula|

* Wikidata: Q1935977
* Wikispecies: Rivula
* AFD: Rivula
* BioLib: 53334
* BOLD: 7528
* BugGuide: 359
* ButMoth: 25903.0
* CoL: 92M2K
* EoL: 68227
* EPPO: 1RIVUG
* Fauna Europaea: 446819
* Fauna Europaea (new): c502ba87-cdb5-4128-8a12-ff823dca27cf
* GBIF: 1769819
* iNaturalist: 81675
* IRMNG: 1298090
* ITIS: 189027
* LepIndex: 288395
* NBN: NHMSYS0000520953
* NCBI: 214337
* Open Tree of Life: 1017908

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