Avitta
Avitta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1858.
Description
Palpi sickle shaped, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Antennae long and ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Femur and tibia fringed with hair. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from just above lower angle of cell.
Species
Avitta alternans Warren 1903Avitta andamana Holloway 1984Avitta aroa Avitta atripuncta Hampson 1926Avitta bracteola Holloway 1976Avitta bryonota Viette 1956Avitta ceromacra Berio 1956Avitta discipuncta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874Avitta ekeikei Avitta fasciosa Moore, 1882Avitta flavicilia Holloway 1976Avitta guttulosa Avitta habrarcha Viette 1956Avitta inductalis Avitta insignans Hampson 1902Avitta insignifica Hampson 1926Avitta ionomesa Hampson 1926Avitta lineosa Avitta longicorpus Prout, 1922Avitta meeki Holloway 1984Avitta microsundana Holloway 1984Avitta novahibernia Holloway 198Avitta obscurata Avitta ochromarginata Pagenstecher 1894Avitta ophiusalis Walker, Avitta pectinata Holloway 1979Avitta polyscia Avitta puncta Wileman, 1911Avitta quadrilinea Walker, Avitta rufifrons Moore, Avitta simplicior Gaede 1940Avitta subsignans Walker, 1858Avitta surrigens Avitta taiwana Wileman, 1915Avitta zopheropa Turner, 1909