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Bleptina
Sign in to saveBleptina is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1854.
Species
Bent-winged Owlet
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyErebidae
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Bleptina is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1854.
==Description== Palpi with second joint reaching far above vertex of head. Third joint long with a tuft of hair on inner side. Antennae fasciculated (bundled) in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Forewings with somewhat acute apex. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) to form the areole, which is short and broad or long and narrow. Vein 10 sometimes given off beyond it. Hindwings with vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.
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