Biology:Arcte

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Short description: Genus of moths

Arcte
Arcte coerula mounted.jpg
Arcte coerula
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Arcte

Kollar, [1844]
Synonyms
  • Cocytodes Guenée, 1852

Arcte is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Vincenz Kollar in 1844.

Description

Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, and short third joint. Antennae quite simple. Thorax and abdomen clothed with long hair. Abdomen[2] in male with a strongly ridged chitinous rasp on center of dorsum of penultimate segment, probably played on by the strong chitinous spurs of the hindlegs. Tibia fringed with long hairs.

Species

  • Arcte coerula Guenée, 1852
  • Arcte granulata (Guenée, 1852)
  • Arcte modesta (Hoeven, 1840)
  • Arcte polygrapha Kollar, [1844]
  • Arcte taprobana Moore, 1885

References

  1. Reza Zahiri; Ian J. Kitching; J.Donald Lafontaine; Marko Mutanen; Lauri Kaila; Jeremy D.HollowaY; Niklas Wahlberg (2011). "A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera)". Zoologica Scripta 40 (2): 158-173. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00459.x. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00459.x. Retrieved 2020-12-29. 
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1935326 entry