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 <small>Gaede, 1915</small>
- Conservula ancillottoi <small>(Berio, 1978)</small>
- Conservula anodonta <small>(Guenée, 1852)</small>
- Conservula anthophyes <small>(D. S. Fletcher, 1963)</small>
- Conservula cinisigna <small>de Joannis, 1906</small>
- Conservula clarki <small>Janse, 1937</small>
- Conservula comoriensis <small>(Viette, 1979)</small>
- Conservula furca <small>(D. S. Fletcher, 1961)</small>
- Conservula indica <small>(Moore, 1867)</small>
- Conservula malagasa <small>Gaede, 1915</small>
- Conservula minor <small>Holland, 1896</small>
- Conservula rosacea <small>(Saalmüller, 1891)</small>
- Conservula scriptura <small>(Rougeot & Laporte, 1983)</small>
- Conservula simillima <small>Berio, 1966</small>
- Conservula sinensis <small>Hampson, 1908</small>
- Conservula subrosacea <small>(Viette, 1958)</small>
- Conservula v-brunneum <small>(Guenée, 1852)</small>
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