Cryphia

Cryphia
Cryphia domestica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cryphia
Hübner, 1818
Synonyms
  • Bryoleuca Hampson, 1908
  • Bryophila Treitschke, 1825
  • Bryopsis Boursin, 1970
  • Euthales Hübner, 1820
  • Hymenocryphia Boursin, 1967
  • Jaspidia Hübner, 1822
  • Nyctobrya Boursin, 1957
  • Scythobrya Boursin, 1960

Cryphia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated. Thorax with slight tufts behind collar. Abdomen with slight dorsal tufts, and longer than the hindwing. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs.[1]

Species

Former species

References

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


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