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Nyctia |
- Male without proclinate orbital bristles.
- Body with very little microtomentum (sparsely present on head and anteriormost part of abdominal tergites)
- Parafacial plate setose.
- Wings fumose.
- Costal spine long; longer than crossvein r-m.
- Wing cell r4+5 open, closed at wing margin or petiolate.
- Phallus with the dorsal extension divided into a pair of arms
- Acrophallus with a recurving swollen head at apex
- Female abdominal tergite 6 long and with numerous scattered setae on disc. Slanting downwards, almost 'sealing off' terminalia and leaving a horizontal slit-like opening.
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Last updated: 1 October 2005.
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