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Amyna

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Amyna
The imago of A. virbioides (above) and Amyna sp. caterpillar feeding on Croton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Bagisarinae
Genus: Amyna
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Berresa Walker, [1859]
  • Ilattia Walker, [1859]
  • Lochia Walker, 1865
  • Stridova Walker, 1869
  • Pteraetholix Grote, 1873
  • Chytoryza Grote, 1876
  • Hesperimorpha Saalmüller, 1880
  • Amynodes Warren, 1913
  • Formosamyna Strand, 1920
  • Niphosticta Turner, 1936
  • Trilophia Turner, 1943
  • Hurworthia Nye, 1975

Amyna is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1][2][3]

Description

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Their thoraxes are tuftless. The abdomen is slender and tapering to a point with the slight dorsal tufts. Palpi more slender and reaching above vertex of head. Forewings are shorter and broader, where the costa more arched towards apex.[4]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (August 1, 2019). "Amyna Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Amyna​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Amyna Guenée, 1852". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  4. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.