Argidava (insect)

Argidava
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Tribe: Nacophorini
Genus: Argidava
Walker, [1863]

Argidava is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

The List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum[1] describes a specimen as follows:

Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis stout. Palpi porrect, pilose, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint extremely short. Antennas moderately pectinated. Abdomen sligtly compressed, not extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, elongate. Legs smooth, slender. Wings rather broad ; exterior border hardly festooned. Fore wings acute ; costa straight ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique.

Species

The Index of Scientific Names lists the following names:[2]

Argidava subviduata

The List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum[1] describes a specimen as follows:

Male. Pale slaty cinereous. Head blackish brown in front. Wings very thinly and minutely black-speckled. Fore wings with the interior and submarginal lines composed of black dots ; a black dot near the base, and a black elongated discal spot ; marginal points black. Hind wings with some trace of the submarginal line of dots. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines.

a. Australia. From Mr. Damel's collection.

References

  1. 1 2 List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1854-66, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.58221, p. 1548
  2. 1 2
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