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Pterogonia
Sign in to savePterogonia is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae described by Swinhoe in 1891.
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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Pterogonia, and connects out to Animalia, insect and arthropod.
It is catalogued under topics including Chloephorinae and LepIndex ID same as Wikidata.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
The Cardinal Moth
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNolidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1
- Family
- Nolidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Nolidae
- Image
- Pterogonia cardinalis, male (Nolidae- Westermanniinae) (5698089286).jpg
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- taxon name
- Pterogonia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Pterogonia episcopalis
- Commons category
- Pterogonia
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Description
- Species
- References
Pterogonia is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae described by Swinhoe in 1891.
==Description== Palpi obliquely upturned and reaching above a sharp frontal tuft. Forewings with straight costa. Outer margin angled at vein 3. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to form an areole. The retinaculum is bar-shaped in male. Hindwings with vein 8 anastomosing with vein 7 to middle of cell. Vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.
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