Pelochyta

Pelochyta is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. They are distributed in Africa, throughout India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Britain.

Pelochyta
Pelochyta atra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Pelochyta
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Sontia Walker, 1856

Description

Palpi correctly upturned and slender. Antennae nearly simple. Forewing with the costa arched. The outer margin and obliquely curved. Veins 3 to 5 from angle of cell. Vein 6 from below upper angle. Veins 7 to 9 are stalked. Vein 10 from cell. Hindwings with the anal angle slightly produced. Outer margin nearly straight. Apex slightly acute. Veins 3 to 5 from close to angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle. Vein 8 from near end of cell.[1]

Species

Former species

References

  1. 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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