Indarbela

Indarbela
Indarbela theivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Metarbelidae
Genus: Indarbela
Fletcher, 1922
Synonyms
  • Arbela Moore, 1879 (preocc.)
  • Lepidarbela von Dalla Torre & Strand, 1923

Indarbela is a genus of moths in the Metarbelidae family.

Description

Species of the genus have minute palpi. Antennae are bipectinated to tips in males, the branches short and simple in females. Mid and hind tibia slightly hairy, with minute terminal pairs of spurs. Fore wings with veins 7,8,9 stalked together. Hind wings with the cell of normal length. Vein 6 given off below the angle. Vein 8 connected with the subcostal nervure by an oblique bar near center of cell.[1]

Species

Former species

References

  1. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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