Micraeschus
Sign in to saveMicraeschus is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.
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It sits within the topics Boletobiinae and Noctuoidea genera.
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Micraeschus is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.
==Description== Palpi very slender and obliquely upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae with fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Legs naked, with normal spurs. Forewing with veins 7 to 10 stalked. Hindwings with stalked 3 and 4. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.
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