Caviria

Caviria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lymantriidae
Subfamily: Lymantrinae
Tribe: Lymantrini
Genus: Caviria
Hübner, 1819
Species

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Caviria is a genus of moths in the family Lymantriidae. The species are widespread throughout South America, North East India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, and Java.

Description

Palpi minute and porrect. Antennae bipectinated where the branches are longer in males and short in females. Hind tibia has one pair of spurs. Fore wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle. Vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 7,8 and 9 are stalked. Hind wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle and veins 6 and 7 from upper angle.[1]

Species

References

  1. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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