Gyrtona | |
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Gyrtona albicans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Euteliidae |
Genus: | Gyrtona Walker, 1863[1] |
Type species | |
Gyrtona proximalis Walker, 1863[2]
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Synonyms | |
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Gyrtona is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.
Similar to Stictoptera, differs in porrect palpi and more hairy. A large frontal tuft present. Antennae with long cilia in male and abdomen tuftless. Forewings with slightly raised tufts at middle and end of cell.[3]