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(Redirected from Pasira) Genus of moths

Rivula
Rivula sericealis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Rivulinae
Genus: Rivula
Guenée in Duponchel,
Synonyms
  • Cholimma Walker,
  • Motina Walker, 1863
  • Plotheia Walker, 1863
  • Rhazunda Walker, 1866
  • Pasira Moore, 1882
  • Rivulana Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Prorivula Schaus, 1913
  • Euchromalia Schaus, 1916
  • Alikangiana Strand, 1920
  • Paurosceles Turner, 1945
  • Thopelia Nye, 1975

Rivula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Achille Guenée in 1845.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), the second joint thickly scaled, and third joint minute. A sharp front tuft present. Antennae minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. The typical section has the tibia of the male nearly naked. Forewings with nearly rectangular apex. Veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with stalked veins 3 and 4.

Species

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Rivula​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Rivula​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Rivula Guenée, 1845". Afromoths. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. Savela, Markku, ed. (July 5, 2019). "Rivula Guenée in Duponchel, [1845]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  5. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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