Panilla

Panilla
Panilla dispila
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus:
Moore, 1885

Panilla is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1885.

Description

Palpi obliquely porrect (extending forward), fringed with long hair below, and with long hair from their base. Third joint minute. Antennae ciliated in male. Metathorax with a slight tuft. Abdomen with dorsal tufts at base. Tibia fringed with long hair in male and spineless. Coxa of forelegs with long hair tufts. Forewings are short with round apex.[1]

Species

  • Panilla aroa Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Panilla costipunctata (Leech, 1900)
  • Panilla dispila Walker, 1865 (from Sri Lanka)
  • Panilla spilotis Meyrick, 1902
  • Panilla mila Strand, 1920
  • Panilla homospila Hampson, 1914 (from Borneo)
  • Panilla terminalis (Hampson, 1914) (from Borneo)
  • Panilla arabica (Hacker, 2011) (from Saudi Arabia)
  • Panilla aviakala (Bippus, 2018) (from Réunion)
  • Panilla remota Fischer, 2022. (from the Maldives)[2]

References

  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ [Fischer, 2022. Revision der Gattung Panilla Moore, 1885 stat. rev. mit der Beschreibung von Panilla remota spec. nov. von den Malediven (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Ophiderinae). Atalanta]