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Phazaca
Sign in to savePhazaca is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Walker in 1863.
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Vinony files it under Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) and Uraniidae.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyUraniidae
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Phazaca is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Walker in 1863.
==Description== Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae thickened and flattened in male. Forewings broad. The outer margin evenly curved. Vein 5 from below the upper angle of cell and veins 6,7 and 8,9 stalked. vein 10 from cell. Hindwings usually with the outer margin produced to points at veins 4 and 7, slightly developed in male. Vein 5 from the middle of discocellulars. Veins 6 and 7 from angle of cell or shortly stalked. Male with a fold on inner area containing a tuft of long hair, veins 1b and 2 being distorted. Wings held more or less apart in repose.
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