Padenia

Padenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Padenia; Moore, 1882[1]

Padenia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae described by Frederic Moore in 1882.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), reaching beyond the frons. Antennae minutely ciliated in both sexes with long spurs in tibia. Forewings with highly arched costa. Male with veins 3 and 4 from far before end of cell. Veins 5 and 6 absent. Veins 7 to 9 stalked. Female with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 stalked, and vein 6 absent. Hindwings of male excised at apex with a fringe of long hair on apical portion of costa. vein 6 absent. Female with veins 3 and 4 stalked. Vein 5 from angle of cell, veins 6 and 7 stalked, vein 8 from near end of cell. Forewings of male with a strong costal fold and female has a slight fold.[2]

Species

Padenia acutifascia De Joannis, 1928
Padenia bifasciatus Rothschild, 1912
Padenia cupreifascia Rothschild, 1912
Padenia duplicana Walker, 1863
Padenia intermedia van Eecke, 1929
Padenia moluccensis van Eecke, 1920
Padenia obliquifascia Rothschild, 1920
Padenia sordida Rothschild, 1912
Padenia transversa Walker, 1854
Padenia triseparata Debauche, 1938

References

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Padenia Moore, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
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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[1] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Padenia Moore, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 21, 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.