''Negeta'' 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 ...

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

Nolidae Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known as tuft moths, aft ...

first described by Francis Walker in 1862.

Description

Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. Forewings short and broad, with arched costa and inner margin. Outer margin angled. Veins 8,9,10 stalked. Hindwings with vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.

Species

* '' Negeta abbreviata'' (Walker, 1862) * '' Negeta albigrisea'' (Hampson, 1910) * '' Negeta albiplagiata'' Hampson, 1918 * '' Negeta approximans'' Hampson, 1912 * '' Negeta argentula'' Viete, 1976 * '' Negeta aureata'' Holloway, 2003 * ''

Negeta cinerascens ''Negeta'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. Description Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. F ...

'' (Holland, 1894) * '' Negeta contrariata'' Walker, 1862 * '' Negeta cyrtogramma'' Prout, 1927 * '' Negeta ecclipsis'' (Holland, 1894) * '' Negeta incisurata'' Gaede, 1916 * '' Negeta luminosa'' (Walker, 1858) * ''

Negeta mesoleuca ''Negeta'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. Description Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. F ...

'' (Holland, 1894) * ''

Negeta molybdota ''Negeta'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. Description Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. F ...

'' Hampson, 1912 * ''

Negeta montanata ''Negeta'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. Description Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. F ...

'' Holloway, 2003 * ''

Negeta noloides ''Negeta'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. Description Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. F ...

'' Draudt, 1950 * ''

Negeta nubilicosta ''Negeta'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. Description Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. F ...

'' (Holland, 1894) * ''

Negeta ochreoplaga ''Negeta'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. Description Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. F ...

'' (Bethune-Baker, 1909) * ''

Negeta ochrichalceaarcuata ''Negeta'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. Description Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. F ...

'' Gaede, 1916 * ''

Negeta olivaria ''Negeta'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. Description Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. F ...

'' (Warren, 1916) * ''

Negeta phaeopepla ''Negeta'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. Description Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. F ...

'' (Hampson, 1905) * ''

Negeta purpurascens ''Negeta'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae Species description, first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1862. Description Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Ab ...

'' Hampson, 1912 * '' Negeta reticulata'' (Berio, 1964) * '' Negeta ruficeps'' (Hampson, 1902) * '' Negeta secretaria'' Bryk, 1913 * '' Negeta semialba'' Hampson, 1918 * '' Negeta soliera'' (Swinhoe, 1895) * '' Negeta stalactitis'' (Hampson, 1905) * '' Negeta straminea'' (Hampson, 1891) * '' Negeta ulula'' Bryk, 1913

References

* * Chloephorinae {{Nolidae-stub