''Gyrtona'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
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 of the family
Euteliidae
Euteliidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who described over 1,000 species ...
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
''Gyrtona'' is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae 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 mal ...
''
(Mabille, 1900)
* ''
Gyrtona eusema''
(Prout, 1926)
* ''
Gyrtona ferrimissalis''
Walker, 1863
* ''
Gyrtona inclusalis
''Gyrtona'' is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae Species description, first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1863.
Description
Similar to ''Stictoptera'', differs in porrect palpi and more hairy. A large fron ...
''
Walker, 1863
* ''
Gyrtona hylusalis
''Gyrtona hylusalis'' is a moth of the family Euteliidae
Euteliidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) w ...
''
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
''Gyrtona'' is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae 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 mal ...
''
Holloway, ??
* ''
Gyrtona purpurea
''Gyrtona purpurea'' is a moth of the family Euteliidae. It was described by Robinson in 1975. It is found on Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country i ...
''
Robinson, 1975
* ''
Gyrtona pyraloides
''Gyrtona'' is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae 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 mal ...
''
(Walker, 1864)
* ''
Gyrtona semicarbonalis
''Gyrtona'' is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae 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 mal ...
''
Walker, 1863
References
''The Moths of Borneo''*
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External links
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Stictopterinae
Moth genera
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