Avitta

Avitta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1858.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae

Observations recorded442

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 1
Family: Erebidae
Collections: NMV
Recorded in: Australia

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Noctuidae
Image: Avitta puncta.jpg

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taxon name: Avitta
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Avitta
Commons category: Avitta
taxonomic type: Avitta subsignans

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Avitta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1858.

==Description== Palpi sickle shaped, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Antennae long and ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Femur and tibia fringed with hair. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from just above lower angle of cell.

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