Bylazora (moth)

Bylazora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1863.[1]

Bylazora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Ennominae
Genus:
Bylazora

Walker, [1863]

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward) and hairy. A large frontal tuft present. Hindlegs with a tuft of long hair from femoro-tibial joint. Wings with crenulate outer margin. Forewings short and broad. Costa arched at base. Male with a fovea. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked from near upper angle. Vein 10 and 11 stalked and anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell.[2]

Species
  • Bylazora infumata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Bylazora licheniferata Walker, [1863]
  • Bylazora pilicostata Walker, 1862
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References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Bylazora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. pp. 253–224 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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