''Cyphura'' is a
genus
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of moths in the
family
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Uraniidae. The genus was erected by
William Warren in 1902.
Distribution
The genus includes primarily
nocturnal
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Nocturnal creatures generally have highly developed sens ...
or
crepuscular
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moths that are found in the
Australasia
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n
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
areas. Species have a generally pale or nearly-white colouration with brown or dark patterns.
The larvae live in webbing of the host plant.
[Jeremy Daniel Holloway, Geoffrey Kibby & Djunijanti Peggie, ''The Families of Malesian Moths and Butterflies'' (Fauna Malesiana Handbooks, Vol. 3), pg. 299]
Species
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Cyphura albisecta''
Warren
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Cyphura approximans''
Swinhoe, 1916
:* ''
Cyphura atramentaria''
Warren
:* ''
Cyphura bifasciata''
Butler, 1879
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Cyphura catenulata''
Warren, 1902
:* ''
Cyphura caudiferaria''
Boisduval
:* ''
Cyphura clarissima''
Butler
:* ''
Cyphura costalis''
Butler
:* ''
Cyphura dealbata''
Warren
:* ''
Cyphura destrigata''
Kirsch
:* ''
Cyphura extensa''
Rothschild
:* ''
Cyphura falka''
Swinhoe
:* ''
Cyphura geminia''
(Cramer, 1777) (Ambon Island)
:* ''
Cyphura gutturalis''
Swinhoe, 1916
:* ''
Cyphura latimarginata''
Swinhoe, 1902
:* ''
Cyphura maxima''
Strand
:* ''
Cyphura multistrigaria
''Cyphura'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by William Warren in 1902.
Distribution
The genus includes primarily nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found in the Australasian tropical areas. Species have a ...
''
Warren
:* ''
Cyphura mundaria''
Walker
:* ''
Cyphura pannata
''Cyphura'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by William Warren in 1902.
Distribution
The genus includes primarily nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found in the Australasian tropical areas. Species have a ...
''
Felder
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Cyphura pardata''
Warren
:* ''
Cyphura phantasma''
Felder
:* ''
Cyphura pieridaria
''Cyphura'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by William Warren in 1902.
Distribution
The genus includes primarily nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found in the Australasian tropical areas. Species have a ...
''
Warren, 1902
:* ''
Cyphura reducta
''Cyphura'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by William Warren in 1902.
Distribution
The genus includes primarily nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found in the Australasian tropical areas. Species have a ...
''
Joicey & Talbot
:* ''
Cyphura semialba
''Cyphura'' is a genus of moths in the family (biology), family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by William Warren (entomologist), William Warren in 1902.
Distribution
The genus includes primarily nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found in ...
''
Warren
:* ''
Cyphura semiobsoleta''
Warren
:* ''
Cyphura subsimilis''
Warren, 1902
:* ''
Cyphura swinhoei
''Cyphura'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by William Warren in 1902.
Distribution
The genus includes primarily nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found in the Australasian tropical areas. Species have a ...
''
Joicey, 1917
:* ''
Cyphura urapteroides
''Cyphura'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by William Warren in 1902.
Distribution
The genus includes primarily nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found in the Australasian tropical areas. Species have a ...
''
Joicey
References
External links
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Uraniidae - Yale University
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Uraniidae