Arsacia

For the city formerly known as Arsacia, see Rey, Iran.
Arsacia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Arsacia
Walker, [1866]
Synonyms
  • Amblyzancla Turner, 1936
  • Midea Walker, 1863
  • Notocyma Snellen, 1872

Arsacia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi porrect, where the second joint thickly scaled, and third joint minute and acute. Frontal tuft absent. ANtennae almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia naked. Fore wings with quadrate apex. Outer margin rounded. Inner margin lobed and with slight tufts of hair near base and at outer angle. Veins 7,8,9 and 10 stalked.[1]

Species

References

  1. 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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