Hemonia

Hemonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Hemonia
Walker, 1863[1]
Synonyms
  • Eurodes Turner, 1899

Hemonia is a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae. They are found only from Sri Lanka and Borneo.

Description

Palpi slight and porrect. Antennae ciliated in male. Fore wings very broad and rounded. Vein 3 from before angle of cell, veins 4,5 and 6,7 stalked. Veins 8 to 11 nearly erect where vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12. Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 stalked, vein 3 absent, vein 6 and 7 stalked and vein 8 from near end of cell.[2]

Species

References

  1. Hemonia at funet
  2. 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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