Bleninae

Bleninae
Blenina angulipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Bleninae
Genus: Blenina
Walker, [1858]
Synonyms
  • Eliocroea Walker, 1865
  • Amrella Moore, 1882

Bleninae is a subfamily of the moth family Nolidae consisting of only one genus, Blenina.

Description

Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head, and third joint moderate length. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with slight tufts at the base on the dorsum. Fore wings short and square, with nearly rectangular apex. Inner margin lobed near base. Slight tufts of raised scaled can be seen on antemedial, medial, and postmedial lines and on discocellulars. The areole long and narrow. Retinaculum bar-shaped in male. Hind wings with veins 2,3,4,5 arise from lower angle of cell.[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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