Urbona Explained

Urbona was a genus of moths of the family Nolidae erected by Francis Walker in 1862. It is now considered a synonym of Negeta.

Description

Palpi slender and naked, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae with long cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, except for a slight tuft on first segment of abdomen. Tibia moderately hairy. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex. Inner margin lobed near base. Retinaculum is bar shaped in male. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell.^[1]

Species

• Urbona abbreviata (Warren, 1916)
• Urbona albescens (Moore, 1882)
• Urbona chlorocrota (Hampson, 1907)
• Urbona dentilinealis (Moore, 1877)
• Urbona lacteata Hampson, 1910
• Urbona leucophaea (Walker, [1863])
• Urbona nivea (Hampson, 1902)
• Urbona sublineata Walker, 1862
• Urbona tamsi (Eecke, 1924)

References

• Web site: Savela . Markku . Urbona Walker, 1862 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . May 15, 2018.

Notes and References

1. 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.