Polytela

Polytela
	Polytela gloriosae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Glottulinae
Genus:	Polytela; Guenée, 1852

Polytela is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Species are distributed across the Old World.

Description

Its eyes are hairy. The proboscis is well developed. Palpi porrect (extending forward) and roughly scaled, where the third joint is short. Antennae very simple. Thorax and abdomen without tufts and tibia without spines.[1]

Species

Polytela gloriosae caterpillar in India

Polytela chrysospila Walker, 1865
Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Polytela florigera Guenée, 1852
Polytela gloriosae (Fabricius, 1775)

References

Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Savela, Markku. "Polytela Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.