Phazaca
Genus of moths
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Phazaca is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Walker in 1863.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Uraniidae |
| Subfamily: | Epipleminae |
| Genus: | Phazaca Walker, 1863 |
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Description
Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae thickened and flattened in male. Forewings broad. The outer margin evenly curved. Vein 5 from below the upper angle of cell and veins 6,7 and 8,9 stalked. vein 10 from cell. Hindwings usually with the outer margin produced to points at veins 4 and 7, slightly developed in male. Vein 5 from the middle of discocellulars. Veins 6 and 7 from angle of cell or shortly stalked. Male with a fold on inner area containing a tuft of long hair, veins 1b and 2 being distorted. Wings held more or less apart in repose.[1]
Species
- Phazaca acutilinea (Warren, 1897)
- Phazaca alikangensis (Strand, 1917)
- Phazaca cesena (Swinhoe, 1902)
- Phazaca cesenaleuca Holloway, 1998
- Phazaca conifera (Moore, 1887)
- Phazaca coniferoides Holloway, 1998
- Phazaca cyclocrossa (Turner, 1926)
- Phazaca cythera (Swinhoe, 1902)
- Phazaca decorata (Warren, 1898)
- Phazaca erosioides Walker, 1863
- Phazaca interrupta (Warren, 1896)
- Phazaca kellersi Tams, 1935 (from Samoa)
- Phazaca leucocephala (Walker, 1863)
- Phazaca leucocera (Hampson, 1891)
- Phazaca lugens (Warren, 1897)
- Phazaca monticesena Holloway, 1998
- Phazaca mutans (Butler, 1887)
- Phazaca perfallax (Warren, 1898)
- Phazaca planimargo (Warren, 1906)
- Phazaca rhombifera (Warren, 1897)
- Phazaca stolida (Butler, 1886)
- Phazaca theclata (Guenée, 1857)
- Phazaca unicauda (Dudgeon, 1905)
- Phazaca unicaudoides Holloway, 1998