''Gyrtona'' is a

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s of the family

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first described by Francis Walker in 1863.

Description

Similar to '' Stictoptera'', differs in porrect palpi and more hairy. A large frontal tuft present. Antennae with long cilia in male and abdomen tuftless. Forewings with slightly raised tufts at middle and end of cell.

Species

* '' Gyrtona albicans'' (Pagenstecher 1900) * '' Gyrtona erebenna'' (Mabille, 1900) * '' Gyrtona eusema'' (Prout, 1926) * '' Gyrtona ferrimissalis'' Walker, 1863 * '' Gyrtona inclusalis'' Walker, 1863 * '' Gyrtona hylusalis'' Walker, 1863 * '' Gyrtona lapidarioides'' Holloway, ?? * '' Gyrtona malgassica'' Kenrick, 1917 * '' Gyrtona niveivitta'' Swinhoe, 1905 * '' Gyrtona obliqualis'' Holloway, ?? * '' Gyrtona oxyptera'' Hampson, 1912 * '' Gyrtona perlignealis'' (Walker, 1863) * '' Gyrtona polionota'' Hampson, 1905 * '' Gyrtona polymorpha'' Hampson, 1905 * '' Gyrtona proximalis'' Walker, 1863 * '' Gyrtona pseudoquadratifera'' Holloway, ?? * '' Gyrtona purpurea'' Robinson, 1975 * '' Gyrtona pyraloides'' (Walker, 1864) * '' Gyrtona semicarbonalis'' Walker, 1863

References

''The Moths of Borneo''
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External links

* Stictopterinae Moth genera {{Stictopterinae-stub