Callyna is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Callyna
Callyna semivitta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Dypterygiini
Genus: Callyna
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Akonus Matsumura, 1929

Description

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Palpi slender and closely appressed to frons, where the third joint reaching just above vertex of head. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Forewings nearly even breadth throughout. The apex and outer margin rounded. Hindwings with vein 5 from below center of discocellulars.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Hacker, H. & Fibiger, M. (2006) "Updated list of Micronoctuidae, Noctuidae (s.l.), and Hyblaeidae species of Yemen, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000, with comments and descriptions of species." Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 12: 75-166.
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Callyna Guenée, 1852". Afromoths. Archived from the original on January 21, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2019.