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Hulodes

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Hulodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Hulodini
Genus: Hulodes
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852[1]
Synonyms
  • Hylodes Hampson, 1894

Hulodes is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Description

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Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head, and third joint minute in male and moderate length in female. Antennae simple. Thorax and abdomen clothed with coarse hair. Tibia spineless. Male with tibia, first tarsal joint of mid-legs and all joints of hindlegs are fringed with long hair. Forewings with arched costa towards apex, which is somewhat falcate. Hindwings with short cell. Vein 5 from close to lower angle. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where the first pair rudimentary.[2]

Species

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Former species

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References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Hulodes Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 4, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  2. ^ 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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