''Chiretolpis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the family Erebidae.

Description

Palpi very minute. Antennae ciliated in both sexes, but long in male than female. Abdomen of female with a large anal tuft. Wings covered with hair like scales. Forewings long, apex produced and rounded. Outer margin very oblique. Veins 7 to 9 stalked and vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 arise from before angle of cell, vein 5 from above angle, veins 6 and 7 stalked and vein 8 from beyond middle of cell.

Species

* '' Chiretolpis atrifulva'' * '' Chiretolpis bicolorata'' (Pagenstecher, 1900) * '' Chiretolpis elongata'' * '' Chiretolpis erubescens'' * '' Chiretolpis melanoxantha'' * '' Chiretolpis ochracea'' * '' Chiretolpis rhodia'' * '' Chiretolpis signata'' * '' Chiretolpis sinapis'' * '' Chiretolpis unicolor'' * '' Chiretolpis woodlarkiana'' * '' Chiretolpis xanthomelas''

References

External links

* Nudariina Moth genera {{Nudariina-stub