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Argidava is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1863.

The List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum describes a specimen as follows:

Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis stout. Palpi porrect, pilose, hardly extending beyond the head; third joint extremely short. Antennas moderately pectinated. Abdomen slightly compressed, not extending beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small, elongate. Legs smooth, slender. Wings rather broad; exterior border hardly festooned. Fore wings acute; costa straight; exterior border slightly convex and oblique.

Species

The Index of Scientific Names lists the following names:

• Argidava irrorata
• Argidava maculata
• Argidava punctata Butler
• Argidava sparsularia, a subjective synonym of subviduata Meyrick 1892
• Argidava subviduata Walker,

Argidava subviduata

The List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum describes a specimen as follows:

Male. Pale slaty cinereous. Head blackish brown in front. Wings very thinly and minutely black-speckled. Fore wings with the interior and submarginal lines composed of black dots; a black dot near the base, and a black elongated discal spot; marginal points black. Hind wings with some trace of the submarginal line of dots. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines.

a. Australia. From Mr. Damel's collection.

References

1. ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1854-66, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.58221, p. 1548
2. Index of Scientific Names
3. ^ A Catalogue of the Moths of India
4. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum
5. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Argidava subviduata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

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