Mimeusemia Butler, 1875
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https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e20s1020 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5F2687B6-1E6D-D62C-095B-AC9BFD8127CA |
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Felipe |
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Mimeusemia Butler, 1875 |
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Genus: Mimeusemia Butler, 1875 View in CoL
Based on the literature ( Hampson, 1894) the subfamily Agaristinae are day-flying or crepuscular moths of bright colors with stout bodies, simple antennae dilated distally and the terminal joint of the palpi naked. Proboscis present. Legs with two pairs of spurs. Frenum present. Forewing long; hindwing rather broad ( Moore, 1882). The larvae with lateral tufts of hair and long scattered hairs and pupa in a slight cocoon beneath the surface of the earth. In the genus Mimeusemia Butler (1875) the fore wing with vein 10 anastomosing with 8 and 9 to form the areole.
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