Stictoptera

Stictoptera is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Stictoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Euteliidae
Genus:	Stictoptera Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
Dandaca Walker, 1858[1] Minica Walker, 1858 Steiria Walker, 1858

Description

Palpi slender and nearly naked, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint long. Antennae very long and slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia slightly hairy. Forewings rather long and narrow with crenulate cilia. A small tuft of scales on the reniform can be seen. Frenulum of male very strong which is single in female.^[2]

Species

• Stictoptera aequisecta Turner, 1933
• Stictoptera anaemia Hampson, 1905
• Stictoptera antemarginata Saalmüller, 1880
• Stictoptera columba (Walker, 1856) (Himalaya, Thailand, Sundaland)
• Stictoptera confluens (Walker, 1858)
• Stictoptera conturbata (Walker, 1869)
• Stictoptera cucullioides Guenée, 1852
• Stictoptera esmeralda Holloway, 1976 (Borneo, Sumatra)
• Stictoptera ferrifera (Walker, 1864)
• Stictoptera gabri (Berio, 1970)
• Stictoptera grisea Moore, 1867(Himalaya, Sundaland, Philippines)
• Stictoptera griveaudi Laporte, 1970
• Stictoptera hironsi Barnett, Emms & Holloway, 1998
• Stictoptera macromma Snellen, 1880 (Indo-Australian tropics)
• Stictoptera melanistis Hampson, 1912
• Stictoptera pammeces Turner, 1920
• Stictoptera pectinata Kenrick, 1917
• Stictoptera poecilosoma Saalmüller, 1880
• Stictoptera rhabdota A. E. Prout, 1927
• Stictoptera semialba (Walker, 1864) Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo)
• Stictoptera signifera (Walker, 1857)
• Stictoptera terribilis Holloway, 1976 (from Borneo)
• Stictoptera trajiciens Walker, 1857
• Stictoptera tridentifera Holloway 1979

References

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Stictoptera Guenée, 1852". Afromoths. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Savela, Markku. "Stictoptera Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
• Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Stictoptera Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 22, 2019.