Conservula


Conservula is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae that was first erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874.

Description

Its eyes are naked and without lashes. The proboscis is fully developed. Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, thickly scaled where the third joint minute. Antennae simple in both sexes. Metathorax with tufts which are well developed in the American species, slight in other regions. Abdomen without tufts. Tibia spineless. Forewings with non-crenulate cilia.

Species

Conservula alambica Gaede, 1915Conservula ancillottoi Conservula anodonta Conservula anthophyes Conservula cinisigna de Joannis, 1906Conservula clarki Janse, 1937Conservula comoriensis Conservula furca Conservula indica Conservula malagasa Gaede, 1915Conservula minor Holland, 1896Conservula rosacea Conservula scriptura Conservula simillima Berio, 1966Conservula sinensis Hampson, 1908Conservula subrosacea