Naarda

Naarda
Naarda xanthonephra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Naarda
Walker, 1866
Type species
Naarda bisignata
Walker, 1866
Species

Multiple, see text

Synonyms
  • Gynaephila Staudinger, 1892
  • Ptyophora Hampson, 1893
  • Eublemmara Bethune-Baker, 1911
Uncus structure of the Naarda genus
Naarda xanthonephra profile
Male Naarda ardeola
Female Naarda ardeola
Naarda xanthonephra, circa 1910
Male Naarda egrettoides
Female Naarda egrettoides
Naarda moth of either the xanthopis or leucopis species. (These species are only distinguishable by analysis of the male genitalia.) Note the dark yellow elongated stomata reflected bilaterally on the forewings.
Male Naarda pocstamasi

Naarda is a large genus of erebid moths currently encompassing 108 species.[1][2] Initially identified by Francis Walker in 1866,[3] it is in the family Erebidae.[4] Somewhat ruddy in appearance, this genus is distinguishable for its generally slender thorax and abdomen, and straight, porrect labial palpi. Most species are a light tan color, but shading can reach as deep as a charcoal, with muddy yellow, conspicuous reniform, orbicular stigmata featured on the forewings, sometimes reflected bilaterally superior. (Though these may be significantly more minute and successively annular.)

  1. ^ "Naarda (genus)". BayScience Foundation, Inc. 2004–2008. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  2. ^ "Gynaephila". Mindat. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 5 May 2021. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help)
  3. ^ Tóth, Balázs (23 February 2018). "New data on the taxonomy, morphology and distribution of Naarda ineffectalis (Walker, 1859) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypeninae)" (PDF). Nota Lepidopterologica. 41 (1): 99–106. doi:10.3897/nl.41.21584.
  4. ^ Savela, Markku (February 24, 2012). "Naarda Walker, 1866". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2020.