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Genus of moths

Phycopterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Phycopterus
Blanchard in Gay, 1852

Phycopterus is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Émile Blanchard in 1852. The species are all found in Chile.

It was described as: Body fairly slender. Head short, rounded. Protruding eyes. Setaceous (bristled) antennae in both sexes, simple, somewhat more dense in males than in females. Palpi three times longer than the head, rights(?), pointed and very flaky, with the last joint with a pointed end, almost acute. Oblong thorax. Forewings rather broad, nearly triangular, almost straight terminal edge. Hindwing rounded. Legs thin and very long. Abdomen conical.

Species

References

  1. ^ Gay, Claudio (1852). Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno. Vol. 4. Chile. p. 103. Antennae setaceae, in utroque sexu. Palpi elongato, latiusculi, recti, paulo distantes, dense squamosi, articulo ultimo acuto. Lingua elongata. Alae anticae latiusculae, margine apicali fere recto.
    Cuerpo bastante delgado. Cabeza corta, redondeada. Ojos salientes, globulosos. Antenas setaceas en ambos sexos, sencillas, algo mas espesas en los machos que en las hembras. Palpos tres veces mas largos que la cabeza, derechos, apartados y muy escamosos, con el ultimo articulo terminado en punta casi aguda. Torax oblongo. Alas anteriores bastante anchas, casi triangulares, con el borde terminal casi derecho. Alas posteriores redondeadas. Patas delgadas, muy largas. Abdomen conico.    {{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Phycopterus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku (August 24, 2019). "Phycopterus Blanchard in Gay, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Phycopterus Blanchard, 1852". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  5. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series). Vol. Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
  6. George Francis, Hampson (1926). Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the Subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae): In the British Museum. Dept. of Entomology, British Museum.
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Phycopterus
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