Polydesma
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Pandesmini |
| Genus: | Polydesma Boisduval, 1833 |
Polydesma is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.
Description
Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with slight basal ridges and tuft of hair. Tibia spineless and more or less hairy. Fore wings with somewhat rounded apex. Hind wings with vein 5 arise from above angle of cell. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where the first two pairs are rudimentary.[1]
Species
- Polydesma boarmoides Guenée, 1852
- Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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