Scaptesyle is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Francis Walker in 1854.
Description
Palpi upturned reaching vertex of head. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Tibia with long spurs. Forewings with stalked veins 4 and 5, vein 6 from below angle of cell and stalked veins 7,8 and 9. Hindwings with stalked veins 3,4 and 6,7. Vein 5 from above angle of cell and vein 8 from middle of cell.
Species
- Scaptesyle aurigena <small>Walker, 1863</small>
- Scaptesyle buergersi <small>Gaede, 1926</small>
- Scaptesyle bicolor <small>Walker, 1864</small>
- Scaptesyle bifasciata <small>Snellen, 1904</small>
- Scaptesyle bipartita <small>Rothschild, 1913</small>
- Scaptesyle bizone <small>Rothschild, 1912</small>
- Scaptesyle dichotoma <small>Meyrick, 1886</small>
- Scaptesyle dictyota <small>Meyrick, 1886</small>
- Scaptesyle equidistans <small>Lucas, 1890</small>
- Scaptesyle fovealis <small>Hampson, 1903</small>
- Scaptesyle ixias <small>Hampson, 1900</small>
- Scaptesyle luzonica <small>Swinhoe, 1916</small>
- Scaptesyle middletoni <small>(Turner, 1941)</small>
- Scaptesyle mirabilis <small>Hampson, 1900</small>
- Scaptesyle monogrammaria <small>Walker, 1862</small>
- Scaptesyle plumosus <small>Rothschild, 1912</small>
- Scaptesyle sororigena <small>Holloway, 2001</small>
- Scaptesyle subtricolor <small>van Eecke, 1927</small>
- Scaptesyle tetramita <small>Turner, 1940</small>
- Scaptesyle thestias <small>Snellen, 1904</small>
- Scaptesyle tricolor <small>Walker, 1854</small>
- Scaptesyle violinitens <small>Rothschild, 1912</small>
Former species
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