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Spirama
Sign in to saveSpirama is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyErebidae
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Spirama is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
==Description== Antennae usually minutely fasciculate (bundled) in the male. The tibia is not hairy and mid-tibia spined. Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint naked. Thorax and abdomen smoothly clothed with hair. Forewings with nearly rectangular apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from the lower angle of the cell, which is rather short.