Chrysopera

Chrysopera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1894. Its single species, Chrysopera combinans, was first described by Francis Walker in 1857.[1] It is found from in the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] Nepal, China east to New Guinea, Queensland, the Solomon Islands and Fiji.[3]

Chrysopera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Chrysopera

Hampson, 1894
Species:
C. combinans
Binomial name
Chrysopera combinans
(Walker, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Achaea combinans Walker, 1857
  • Achaea quadrilunata Pagenstecher, 1890

Description

Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint long and slightly curved. Antennae serrate and fasciculated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia spineless, and not clothed with long hair. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex.[4]

A characteristic feature is yellowish apex to the hindwing and grey patch at the apex of the forewing costa.[5]

References
  1. "Species Details: Chrysopera combinans Walker, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. "Distribution of Chrysopera combinans Walker, 1857". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. "Chrysopera combinans Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 10 June 2018.


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