Baniana

For the city by this name in Roman Spain, see Baena.
Baniana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Anobinae
Genus: Baniana
Walker, 1858

Baniana is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.[1][2] The genus was previously classified in the Calpinae subfamily of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi usually reaching vertex of head, where the third joint minute. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Fore wings with slightly produced and falcate apex. Hind wings with vein 5 from above lower angle of cell.[3]

Species

References

  1. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
  2. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  3. 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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