Anoratha (moth)

Anoratha
	Female Anoratha sinuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Hypeninae
Genus:	Anoratha; Moore, 1867

Anoratha is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Frederic Moore in 1867.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), with extremely long second joint with a downward curve, its upperside fringed with scales. Third joint long and depressed. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Abdomen very long in male. Forewings with costa arched towards apex, which is produced and acute, more so in the male than the female. The outer margin excurved at middle, especially in male. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 on a short stalk. Vein 5 from the middle of discocellulars. The outer margin excised towards anal angle in male.[1]

Species

Anoratha albitibita Wileman & West, 1930
Anoratha costalis Moore, 1867
Anoratha nabalua Holloway, 1976
Anoratha paritalis (Walker, 1859)
Anoratha sinuosa Wileman & South, 1916

References

Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Anoratha Moore, 1867". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
Lödl, M. & Gaal, S. (October 31, 1998). "Revision of the genus Anoratha Moore, 1867 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae)" (PDF). Quadrifina. 1: 5–24.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.