Gyrtona

Gyrtona is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.

Gyrtona
Gyrtona albicans
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Gyrtona

Walker, 1863[1]
Type species
Gyrtona proximalis
Walker, 1863[2]
Synonyms
  • Chuduca Walker, 1863
  • Clina Walker, 1865
  • Nigramma Walker, 1863

Description

Similar to Stictoptera, differs in porrect palpi and more hairy. A large frontal tuft present. Antennae with long cilia in male and abdomen tuftless. Forewings with slightly raised tufts at middle and end of cell.[3]

Species

  • Gyrtona albicans (Pagenstecher 1900)
  • Gyrtona erebenna (Mabille, 1900)
  • Gyrtona eusema (Prout, 1926)
  • Gyrtona ferrimissalis Walker, 1863
  • Gyrtona inclusalis Walker, 1863
  • Gyrtona hylusalis Walker, 1863
  • Gyrtona lapidarioides Holloway, ??
  • Gyrtona malgassica Kenrick, 1917
  • Gyrtona niveivitta Swinhoe, 1905
  • Gyrtona obliqualis Holloway, ??
  • Gyrtona oxyptera Hampson, 1912
  • Gyrtona perlignealis (Walker, 1863)
  • Gyrtona polionota Hampson, 1905
  • Gyrtona polymorpha Hampson, 1905
  • Gyrtona proximalis Walker, 1863
  • Gyrtona pseudoquadratifera Holloway, ??
  • Gyrtona purpurea Robinson, 1975
  • Gyrtona pyraloides (Walker, 1864)
  • Gyrtona semicarbonalis Walker, 1863

References

  1. Gyrtona at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gyrtona". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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