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Moma (moth)

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Genus of moths

Moma
The scarce merveille du jour (Moma alpium).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Dyopsinae
Genus: Moma
Hübner, 1820
Synonyms
  • Diphteramoma Berio, 1961

Moma is a genus of owlet moths in the subfamily Dyopsinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820

Description

Their eyes are hairy. The proboscis is well developed. Palpi obliquely upturned and clothed with long hair below, and short third joint. Thorax and abdomen tuftless, where abdomen clothed with long hair at sides. Larva forms a cocoon in a rolled up leaf.

Species

References

  1. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Taxon identifiers
Moma


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