Ischyja

Ischyja
A species from the Western Ghats (possibly I. manlia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ischyja
Hübner, [1823]

Ischyja is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi with second joint broad and rectangularly scaled, reaching vertex of head. Third joint long, naked and oblique. Antennae thickened and fasciculate in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia spineless. Fore tibia with a triangular tuft of hair. Mid tibia slightly fringed. Hind tibia clothed with long hair. Fore wings with highly arched costa towards apex, which is produced and acute. Outer margin obliquely curved. Hind wings with very short cell. Male with veins 2 to 4 running close together to near outer margin. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs.[1]

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