Pterogonia
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Calpinae |
| Genus: | Swinhoe, 1891 |
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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Savela, Markku. "Pterogonia Swinhoe, 1891". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterogonia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.