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 irrorata[3]
- Argidava maculata[3]
- Argidava punctata Butl. [4]
- Argidava sparsularia, a subjective synonym of subviduata Meyrick 1892 [5]
- Argidava subviduata Walker, [1863]
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.