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Scaptesyle
Sign in to saveScaptesyle is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Francis Walker in 1854.
Species
Reticulated Footman
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyErebidae
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- Scaptesyle tricolor
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Scaptesyle is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Francis Walker in 1854.
==Description== Palpi upturned reaching vertex of head. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Tibia with long spurs. Forewings with stalked veins 4 and 5, vein 6 from below angle of cell and stalked veins 7,8 and 9. Hindwings with stalked veins 3,4 and 6,7. Vein 5 from above angle of cell and vein 8 from middle of cell.
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