Britha Walker 1865

Britha is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866.^[1]

Description

Palpi long and obliquely porrect (extending forward), where the second and third joints fringed with very long hair above. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in male, with long spines from end of branches. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on the first two segments. Forewings of male with a large smooth patch occupying the inner area on underside, with a tuft of long hairs on vein 1. Hindwings with much arched costa and a large smooth patch on upperside. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked. Vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.^[2]

Species

In alphabetical order:^[3]

• Britha biguttata Walker, [1866]
• Britha bilineata (Wileman, 1915)
• Britha brithodes Fletcher, 1961
• Britha inambitiosa (Leech, 1900)
• Britha luzonica (Wileman & West, 1930)
• Britha pactalis (Walker, [1859])
• Britha robinsoni (Rothschild, 1920)

References

Britha é um gênero de traça pertencente à família Arctiidae.^[1]

Referências

Bibliografia

• Bates DL, Fenton MB (1990) Aposematism or startle? Predators learn their responses to the defenses of prey. Can J Zool 68:49–52
• Dunning DC, Krüger M (1995) Aposematic sounds in African moths. Biotropica 27:227–231
• Dunning DC, Acharya L, Merriman CB, Ferro LD (1992) Interactions between bats and arctiid moths. Can J Zool 70:2218–2223
• Fullard JH, Fenton MB, Simmons JA (1979) Jamming bat echolocation: the clicks of arctiid moths. Can J Zool 57:647–649
• William Conner (ed.). (2009). Tiger moths and woolly bears : behavior, ecology, and evolution of the Arctiidae. Oxford University Press: New York. ISBN 9780195327373

Britha là một chi bướm đêm thuộc họ Erebidae.

Các loài

• Britha biguttata Walker, [1866]

Tham khảo

• Britha at funet.fi
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database