Urbona
| Urbona | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Subfamily: | Chloephorinae |
| Genus: | Walker, 1862 |
| Synonyms | |
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Urbona was a genus of moths of the family Nolidae erected by Francis Walker in 1862. It is now considered a synonym of Negeta.
Description
Palpi slender and naked, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae with long cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, except for a slight tuft on first segment of abdomen. Tibia moderately hairy. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex. Inner margin lobed near base. Retinaculum is bar shaped in male. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell.[1]
Species
- Urbona abbreviata (Warren, 1916)
- Urbona albescens (Moore, 1882)
- Urbona chlorocrota (Hampson, 1907)
- Urbona dentilinealis (Moore, 1877)
- Urbona lacteata Hampson, 1910
- Urbona leucophaea (Walker, [1863])
- Urbona nivea (Hampson, 1902)
- Urbona sublineata Walker, 1862
- Urbona tamsi (Eecke, 1924)
References
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Savela, Markku. "Urbona Walker, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Urbona". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2018.