Spirama

Spirama is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae

Spirama é um gênero de traça pertencente à família Arctiidae.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 1
Family: Erebidae
Collections: DMNS
Recorded in: Vietnam

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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.

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