Falana

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Falana

Genus of moths

This article is about the moth. For the American entertainer, see Lola Falana.

Falana is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1882.[1][2][3]

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Description

Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of the head and third joint long and naked. Antennae bipectinated (comb like on both sides) in the male with short branches. Metathorax with slight tufts. Abdomen with a dorsal tuft on the first segment, keeled below, with pairs of flattened scale-like plates. Femur with scaly tufts at the base. Fore tibia hairy, mid and hind tibia with medial and distal tufts. Forewings with an acute apex. Outer margin excised below apex and produced to a rounded lobe at center and point at vein 2. A tuft of scales forming a boss can be seen at the base above inner margin. Areole very small. Vein 6 from some way below the angle of cell. Hindwings with arched costa at the base. Veins 3 and 4 on a short stalk and vein 5 from below center of discocellulars.[4]

Species

References

  1. [1]
    Savela, Markku, ed. (June 15, 2019). "Falana Moore, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  2. [2]
    Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Falana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  3. [3]
    Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Falana Moore, 1882". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  4. [4]
    Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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