Argidava (moth)

Argidava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Tribe:	Nacophorini
Genus:	Argidava; Walker, [1863]

Argidava is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1863.

The List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum^[1] describes a specimen as follows:

Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis stout. Palpi porrect, pilose, hardly extending beyond the head; third joint extremely short. Antennas moderately pectinated. Abdomen slightly compressed, not extending beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small, elongate. Legs smooth, slender. Wings rather broad; exterior border hardly festooned. Fore wings acute; costa straight; exterior border slightly convex and oblique.

Species

The Index of Scientific Names lists the following names:^[2]

Argidava irrorata^[3]
Argidava maculata^[3]
Argidava punctata Butler ^[4]
Argidava sparsularia, a subjective synonym of subviduata Meyrick 1892 ^[5]
Argidava subviduata Walker, [1863]

Argidava subviduata

The List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum^[1] describes a specimen as follows:

Male. Pale slaty cinereous. Head blackish brown in front. Wings very thinly and minutely black-speckled. Fore wings with the interior and submarginal lines composed of black dots; a black dot near the base, and a black elongated discal spot; marginal points black. Hind wings with some trace of the submarginal line of dots. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
a. Australia. From Mr. Damel's collection.

References

^ ^a ^b List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1854-66, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.58221, p. 1548
^ Index of Scientific Names
^ ^a ^b A Catalogue of the Moths of India
^ Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Argidava subviduata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

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[Lep1548-1] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1854-66, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.58221, p. 1548

[2] Index of Scientific Names

[irr-3] A Catalogue of the Moths of India

[4] Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum

[5] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Argidava subviduata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

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