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Homodes

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Homodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Homodes
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Philecia Walker, 1861

Homodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1][2][3][4]

Taxonomy

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The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.

Description

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Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, where the third joint very minute. Antennae ciliated. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia nearly smooth. Forelegs of male with a tuft of long hair from base of coxa. Forewing with round apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from near center of discocellulars.[5]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Homodes​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku (March 10, 2020). "Homodes Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Homodes Guenée, 1852". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 24, 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.