Rhangena

Rhangena is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Rhangena roseipennis, is found in India and Sri Lanka. Both the genus and the species were first described by Frederic Moore in 1886.[2][3][4][5][6]

Rhangena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Calpinae
Genus:
Rhangena

Moore, [1886]
Species:
R. roseipennis
Binomial name
Rhangena roseipennis
Moore, [1886]
Synonyms[1]

Generic

  • Phycidimorpha Hampson, 1893

Specific

  • Phycidimorpha rosea Hampson, 1893

Description

The synonym Phycidimorpha was described: Its eyes are naked and without lashes. The palpi are porrect (extending forward) and reach beyond the frons. Antennae with long bristles and cilia. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Tibia naked and spineless. Forewings very long and narrow. Outer margin very oblique. Vein 7 given off after the areole. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 on a short stalk. Vein 5 straight and from below center of discocellulars.[7]

References
  1. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Phycidimorpha Hampson, 1893". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Rhangena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku, ed. (August 24, 2019). "Rhangena Moore, [1886]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Rhangena Moore, 1886". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  5. "Species Details: Rhangena roseipennis Moore, 1886". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. 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.
  7. 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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