Caviria
| Caviria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lymantriidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymantrinae |
| Tribe: | Lymantrini |
| Genus: | Caviria Hübner, 1819 |
| Species | |
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Caviria is a genus of moths in the family Lymantriidae. The species are widespread throughout South America, North East India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, and Java.
Description
Palpi minute and porrect. Antennae bipectinated where the branches are longer in males and short in females. Hind tibia has one pair of spurs. Fore wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle. Vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 7,8 and 9 are stalked. Hind wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle and veins 6 and 7 from upper angle.[1]
Species
- Caviria andeola
- Caviria athana
- Caviria comes
- Caviria doda
- Caviria eutelida
- Caviria hedda
- Caviria marcellina
- Caviria micans
- Caviria odriana
- Caviria regina
- Caviria sericea
- Caviria vestalis
- Caviria vinasia
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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