Arguda

Arguda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Arguda
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Arguda is a genus of Moth in the family Lasiocampidae.[1][2][3] Species are distributed in Himalayan regions and Nilgiri hills of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Australia and Tasmania.

Description

Palpi very long. Antennae with branches gradually decreasing to apex. Mid and hind tibia with minute terminal spur pairs. Fore wings are broad with rather erect outer margin. Veins 6 and 7 from angle of cell. The stalk of veins 9 and 10 is short. Hind wings with veins 4 and 5 from cell, vein 8 almost touching 7. There are slight accessory costal veinlets.[4]

Species

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  2. http://nomen.at/Arguda
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  4. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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