Eurois

Eurois
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Eurois
Hübner, 1821

Eurois is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Eyes naked and without eyelashes. Proboscis well developed. Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, and smoothly scaled. Thorax with a small furrowed tuft beyond collar and a pair of tufts on metathorax. Abdomen tuftless, where the dorsal part of proximal segments clothed with coarse hair. Tibia spineless. Fore wings with crenulate cilia.[1]

Species

Eurois praefixa is now known as Richia praefixa. Eurois docilis (Grote, 1881) is considered a synonym of Richia praefixa.

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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