Hyblaea | |
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Hyblaea constellata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hyblaeidae |
Genus: |
Hyblaea Fabricius, 1793 |
Synonyms | |
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Hyblaea is a moth genus of the Hyblaeidae family.
Head very small. Palpi porrect and rostriform. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia clothed with long hairs and spineless. Fore wings with costa arched near base, with lobed inner margin. The cell open. Veins 6 to 9 arise from close to angle of cell. Hind wings with open cell. Vein 8 anastomosing with vein 7 to near middle of cell.
The genus consists of the following species: