Stictoptera Explained

Stictoptera is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Description

Palpi slender and nearly naked, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint long. Antennae very long and slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia slightly hairy. Forewings rather long and narrow with crenulate cilia. A small tuft of scales on the reniform can be seen. Frenulum of male very strong which is single in female.^[1]

Species

Stictoptera aequisecta Turner, 1933
Stictoptera anaemia Hampson, 1905
Stictoptera antemarginata Saalmüller, 1880
Stictoptera columba (Walker, 1856) (Himalaya, Thailand, Sundaland)
Stictoptera confluens (Walker, 1858)
Stictoptera conturbata (Walker, 1869)
Stictoptera cucullioides Guenée, 1852
Stictoptera esmeralda Holloway, 1976 (Borneo, Sumatra)
Stictoptera ferrifera (Walker, 1864)
Stictoptera gabri (Berio, 1970)
Stictoptera grisea Moore, 1867(Himalaya, Sundaland, Philippines)
Stictoptera griveaudi Laporte, 1970
Stictoptera hironsi Barnett, Emms & Holloway, 1998
Stictoptera macromma Snellen, 1880 (Indo-Australian tropics)
Stictoptera melanistis Hampson, 1912
Stictoptera pammeces Turner, 1920
Stictoptera pectinata Kenrick, 1917
Stictoptera poecilosoma Saalmüller, 1880
Stictoptera rhabdota A. E. Prout, 1927
Stictoptera semialba (Walker, 1864) Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo)
Stictoptera signifera (Walker, 1857)
Stictoptera terribilis Holloway, 1976 (from Borneo)
Stictoptera trajiciens Walker, 1857
Stictoptera tridentifera Holloway 1979

References

Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Noctuidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.
Web site: Savela . Markku . Stictoptera Guenée, 1852 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 22, 2019.
Web site: Holloway . Jeremy Daniel . Stictoptera Guenée . The Moths of Borneo . January 22, 2019.

Notes and References

Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson
. George Hampson . 1894 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.