Addaea

Addaea
Addaea pusilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thyrididae
Genus:
Walker, 1866
Synonyms
  • Mesopempta Meyrick, 1886

Addaea is a genus of moths of the family Thyrididae erected by Francis Walker in 1866.

Description

Palpi upturned, short and thickly scaled. Antennae annulated and minutely ciliated. Hind tibia thickened. Forewings with vein 8 and 9 stalked. Vein 10 from just before the angle of cell. Hindwing with vein 5 from the center of discocellulars.[1]

Species

  • Addaea aneranna Turner, 1915
  • Addaea fragilis Warren, 1899
  • Addaea fulva Warren, 1907
  • Addaea heliopsamma (Meyrick, 1886)
  • Addaea polyphoralis (Walker, 1866)
  • Addaea pusilla (Butler, 1887)
  • Addaea subtessellata Walker, 1866
  • Addaea trimeronalis (Walker, 1859)

References

  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.