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Toxocampa

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Toxocampa
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Toxocampa

Guenée, 1841

Toxocampa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1841. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms and The Global Lepidoptera Names Index describe this name as a synonym of Lygephila.[1][2]

Description

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Its eyes are naked and without lashes. The proboscis is well developed. Palpi obliquely upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and thickly and evenly scaled. Third joint short. Frons with a short tuft. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax with a slight crest behind collar. No tufts on metathorax or abdomen. Tibia spineless. Forewing with the outer margin much excurved at center. Cilia non-crenulate.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Lygephila Billberg, 1820". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lygephila​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.