Callyna

Callyna
Callyna semivitta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Amphipyrinae
Genus: Callyna
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Akonus Matsumura, 1929

Callyna is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi slender and closely appressed to frons, where the third joint reaching just above vertex of head. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Fore wings nearly even breadth throughout. The apex and outer margin rounded. Hind wings with vein 5 from below center of discocellulars.[1]

Species

References

  1. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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