Arrade

Arrade
Arrade destituta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genus: Arrade
Walker, 1863
Synonyms

Ziza Walker, 1863
Lophocraspedon Hampson, 1893

Arrade is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi obliquely porrect of moderate length. Second joint hairy. Frontal tuft sharp. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Abdomen long. Legs naked. Fore wings long and narrow with acute apex. The outer margin nearly straight. A large tuft of scales found on inner margin beyond middle. Veins 6,7 arise from angle of cell. Veins 8 to 10 stalked from before the end or sometimes vein 10 absent. Hind wings with veins 3,4 stalked or from cell, whereas veins 6,7 stalked and vein 5 from middle of discocellulars.[1]

Species

References

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