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Rhynchodina
Male Rhynchodina molybdota in Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Calpinae
Genus:	Rhynchodina Hampson,
Species:	R. molybdota
Binomial name
Rhynchodina molybdota Hampson, 1926
Synonyms
Calesiodes punctigera Roepke, 1941

Rhynchodina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Rhynchodina molybdota, is known from Myanmar, Borneo and Sumatra. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Hampson in 1926.

It is uncommon in lowland and hill forests. The species is characterized by significant sexual dimorphism with males having a prominent, dorsally directed fringe along the forewing costa that continues from the midpoint of the costa into the wing in a crescent shaped fold.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Rhynchodina​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Rhynchodina Hampson, 1926". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Rhynchodina molybdota Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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