Rivula

Rivula
	Rivula sericealis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Rivulinae
Genus:	Rivula; Guenée in Duponchel, [1845]
Synonyms
	Cholimma Walker, [1863]; Motina Walker, 1863; Plotheia Walker, 1863; Rhazunda Walker, 1866; Pasira Moore, 1882; Rivulana Bethune-Baker, 1911; Prorivula Schaus, 1913; Euchromalia Schaus, 1916; Alikangiana Strand, 1920; Paurosceles Turner, 1945; Thopelia Nye, 1975;

Rivula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Achille Guenée in 1845.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), the second joint thickly scaled, and third joint minute. A sharp front tuft present. Antennae minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. The typical section has the tibia of the male nearly naked. Forewings with nearly rectangular apex. Veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with stalked veins 3 and 4.^[5]

Species

Rivula aenictopis Turner, 1908
Rivula aequalis Walker, 1863
Rivula albistriga (Hampson, 1893)
Rivula albovenata Gaede, 1939
Rivula anaemica Hampson, 1926
Rivula anapsida de Joannis, 1929
Rivula apsidiphora de Joannis, 1929
Rivula arizanensis Wileman & South, 1916
Rivula aroa Bethune-Baker, 1906
Rivula asteria H. Druce, 1898
Rivula atimeta C. Swinhoe, 1905
Rivula auripalpis Butler, 1839
Rivula basalis Hampson, 1891
Rivula biagi Bethune-Baker, 1908
Rivula bicolorana Legrand, 1965
Rivula bioculalis Moore, 1877
Rivula calamina Hampson, 1926
Rivula calcaripuncta Holloway, 2008
Rivula caledonica Holloway, 1979
Rivula catadela D. S. Fletcher, 1961
Rivula cognata Hampson, 1912
Rivula concinna T. P. Lucas, 1895
Rivula concolor Hulstaert, 1924
Rivula constellata Hampson, 1926
Rivula continentalis Gaede, 1939
Rivula costinotata Hampson, 1926
Rivula craspisticta Hampson, 1926
Rivula curvata Gaede, 1939
Rivula curvifera Walker, 1862
Rivula curvilinea Wileman, 1911
Rivula cyanepuncta Hampson, 1907
Rivula cyclina (Mabille, 1900)
Rivula dimorpha Fryer, 1912
Rivula dipterygosoma Tams, 1935
Rivula dispar de Joannis, 1915
Rivula distributa Walker, 1866
Rivula dubitatrix Bryk, 1948
Rivula endotricha Hampson, 1926
Rivula erebina Hampson, 1926
Rivula errabunda Wileman, 1911
Rivula ethiopina Hampson, 1926
Rivula everta C. Swinhoe, 1901
Rivula faircloughi Holloway, 2008
Rivula geminipunta Turner, 1945
Rivula inconspicua Butler, 1881
Rivula innotabilis Walker, 1863
Rivula invertita (Berio, 1956)
Rivula latipes Schaus, 1913
Rivula leucanioides (Walker, 1863)
Rivula leuconephra Hampson, 1926
Rivula leucosticta C. Swinhoe, 1895
Rivula lophosoma Hampson, 1926
Rivula mageei Holloway, 2008
Rivula manuselensis A. E. Prout, 1922
Rivula maxwelli Robinson, 1975
Rivula meeki Bethune-Baker, 1906
Rivula microcyma Hampson, 1926
Rivula microsticta Hampson, 1926
Rivula modesta Gaede, 1939
Rivula monorena Holloway
Rivula niphodesma Meyrick, 1891
Rivula niveipuncta C. Swinhoe, 1905
Rivula ochracea Berio, 1956
Rivula ochraceoides Poole, 1989
Rivula ochrea (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Rivula pallida Moore, 1882
Rivula parallella (Hampson, 1902)
Rivula peruvensis Hampson, 1926
Rivula plumipes Hampson, 1907
Rivula polynesiana Hampson, 1926
Rivula propinqualis Guenée, 1854 – spotted grass moth
Rivula pusilla Möschler, 1890
Rivula rentoni Holloway, 2008
Rivula robinsoni Holloway, 2008
Rivula rufescens Schaus, 1913
Rivula sericealis Scopoli, 1763 – straw dot moth
Rivula simulatrix Hampson, 1912
Rivula sordida Walker, [1863]
Rivula sororcula (Saalmüller, 1891)
Rivula stepheni Sullivan, 2009
Rivula striatura C. Swinhoe, 1895
Rivula tanitalis Rebel, 1912
Rivula trilineata Moore, 1888
Rivula unctalis Staudinger, 1892
Rivula vicarialis Walker, 1866
Rivula violetta Schaus, 1904

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Rivula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Rivula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Rivula Guenée, 1845". Afromoths. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ Savela, Markku, ed. (July 5, 2019). "Rivula Guenée in Duponchel, [1845]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Rivula Guenée, 1845". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
Rebel (1912). Iris 26: 70, fig. 3.
Scopoli (1763). Entomologia Carniolica.
Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p. 12. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Rivula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Rivula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

[3] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Rivula Guenée, 1845". Afromoths. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

[4] Savela, Markku, ed. (July 5, 2019). "Rivula Guenée in Duponchel, [1845]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 18, 2020.

[5] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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