''Cacyparis'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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erected by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in throughout

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Description

Its palpi are upturned and the third joint is very long, slender and knobbed at the end. The antennae are fasciculate (bundled) in the male. Forewings are broad with acute apex. Veins 3 to 5 from near angle of cell, vein 6 from upper angle and vein 9 arising from vein 10 and anastomosing with vein 8 to form the areole. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell, vein 5 above the angle, veins 6 and 7 from upper angle and vein 8 from before the middle of the cell.

Species

*'' Cacyparis atrotumens'' Walker 1865 *''

Cacyparis brevipennis ''Cacyparis'' is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae erected by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Description Its palpi are upturned and the third joint is very long, ...

'' Warren 1916 *'' Cacyparis ceira'' Swinhoe 1901 *''

Cacyparis cylcops ''Cacyparis'' is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae erected by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Description Its palpi are upturned and the third joint is very long, ...

'' Hampson 1905 *''

Cacyparis elegans ''Cacyparis elegans'' is a moth species in the genus ''Cacyparis'' first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1887. It is found in the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 s ...

'' Butler 1887 *''

Cacyparis hylaria ''Cacyparis hylaria'' is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It was described from Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripol ...

'' Cramer 1779 *''

Cacyparis insolitata ''Cacyparis insolitata'' is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இல� ...

'' Walker 1862 *''

Cacyparis melanolitha ''Cacyparis'' is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae erected by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Description Its palpi are upturned and the third joint is very long, ...

'' Turner 1909 *''

Cacyparis punctigera ''Cacyparis'' is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae erected by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Description Its palpi are upturned and the third joint is very long, ...

'' Linnaeus 1758 *''

Cacyparis rectilineata ''Cacyparis'' is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae erected by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions req ...

'' Warren 1916 *'' Cacyparis tenuipalpis'' Snellen 1880

References

External links

"''Cacyparis'' Walker 1862"
''Encyclopedia of Life''. Retrieved January 13, 2019. Nolidae {{nolidae-stub