- Source: Urapteroides
Urapteroides is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae.
Distribution
The genus includes mainly nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found from Nepal to the Indo-Australian tropics and parts of continental Southeast Asia. Species have a generally pale or nearly white coloration with darker markings.
Description
Palpi slight and porrect (extending forward). Antennae of male thickened and flattened, of female simple. Forewings broad, veins 3 and 4 stalked, and veins 6 and 7 stalked. Veins 10 and 11 present. Hindwings with an angled tail at vein 4 and veins 3 and 4 stalked.
Species
Urapteroides anerces Meyrick, 1886 (Fiji)
Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857) (Himalaya to New Guinea, Queensland)
Urapteroides diana Swinhoe (Peninsular Malaysia) (possibly a form of U. astheniata)
Urapteroides equestraria Boisduval
Urapteroides hermaea Druce, 1888
Urapteroides hyemalis Butler, 1887 (Solomons, Vanuatu)
Urapteroides malgassaria Mabille, 1878
Urapteroides recurvata Warren, 1898 (Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania)
Urapteroides swinhoei Rothschild
Urapteroides urapterina Butler, 1877
References
External links
Media related to Urapteroides at Wikimedia Commons
Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (20 July 2010). "Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Urapteroides
- Urapteroides astheniata
- Uraniinae
- Cyphura
- List of Lepidoptera of Fiji
- List of moths of Australia (Uraniidae)
- List of moths of Sri Lanka
- List of moths of India (Uraniidae)
- List of moths of Kenya
