Negeta
Sign in to saveNegeta is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Nolidae
- Collections
- NMV, AM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Negeta
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Negeta
- Commons category
- Negeta
- taxonomic type
- Negeta contrariata
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Negeta is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862.
==Description== Palpi reaching just above vertex of head and very slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. Tibia not hairy. Forewings short and broad, with arched costa and inner margin. Outer margin angled. Veins 8,9,10 stalked. Hindwings with vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.
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