Rhodoneura Explained

Rhodoneura is a genus of moths of the family Thyrididae described by Achille Guenée in 1858.^[1]

Description

Palpi straight, upturned, reaching above vertex of head. Third joint variable in length. Forewings slightly produced and acute at apex. Forewings with veins 6 to 10 given off to the angle of cell. Hindwings with vein 5 from just above lower angle of cell.^[2]

Type species

• Rhodoneura pudicula Guenée, 1858^[1]

Species

Some species of this genus are:^{[3] [4]}

• Rhodoneura acaciusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Rhodoneura aurata (Butler, 1882)
• Rhodoneura cuprea (Butler, 1882)
• Rhodoneura abacha Whalley, 1971
• Rhodoneura disjuncta (Gaede, 1929)
• Rhodoneura disparalis Hampson, 1910
• Rhodoneura elegantula Viette, 1957
• Rhodoneura fallax (Warren, 1896)
• Rhodoneura flavicilia Hampson, 1906
• Rhodoneura intimalis (Moore, 1888)
• Rhodoneura lacunosa Whalley, 1971
• Rhodoneura limatula Whalley, 1967
• Rhodoneura marojejy Viette, 1960
• Rhodoneura mellea (Saalmüller, 1881)
• Rhodoneura mescememna Dyar, 1914
• Rhodoneura molecula (Dyar, 1914)
• Rhodoneura multiguttata (Hampson, 1906)
• Rhodoneura nitens (Butler, 1887)
• Rhodoneura opalinula (Mabille, 1879)
• Rhodoneura pammicra Dyar, 1914
• Rhodoneura postponens (Dyar, 1914)
• Rhodoneura roseola Whalley, 1971
• Rhodoneura serraticornis (Warren, 1899)
• Rhodoneura seyrigi (Viette, 1957)
• Rhodoneura sordidula (Plötz, 1880)
• Rhodoneura strix Viette, 1958
• Rhodoneura superba (Viette, 1954)
• Rhodoneura terreola (Mabille, 1880)
• Rhodoneura translucida Viette, 1954
• Rhodoneura viettealis Whalley, 1977
• Rhodoneura werneburgalis (Keferstein, 1870)
• Rhodoneura zophocrana Viette, 1957
• Rhodoneura zurisana Whalley, 1971

External links

• An Illustrated Guide to the Thyridid Moths of Borneo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rhodoneura Genus details . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum. 2 February 2013.
2. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1892 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

3. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Rhodoneura Guenée, 1857 . Afromoths . November 19, 2018.
4. Web site: Savela . Markku . Rhodoneura Guenée, 1858 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . October 4, 2017.