Britha

Britha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Britha
Walker, [1866]

Britha is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi long and obliquely porrect, where the second and third joints fringed with very long hair above. Antennae bipectinate in male, with long spines from end of branches. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on the first two segments. Fore wings of male with a large smooth patch occupying the inner area on underside, with a tuft of long hairs on vein 1. Hind wings with much arched costa and a large smooth patch on upperside. Veins 3,4 and 6,7 stalked. Vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.[1]

Species

References

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