Negeta

Negeta
Negeta signata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Chloephorinae
Genus: Negeta
Walker, 1862
Synonyms

Doranaga

Negeta is a genus of moths of the Nolidae family.

Description

Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. Fore wings short and broad, with arched costa and inner margin. Outer margin angled. Veins 8,9,10 stalked. Hind wings with vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.[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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