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 Walker, 1863 Scaptesyle buergersi Gaede, 1926 Scaptesyle bicolor Walker, 1864 Scaptesyle bifasciata Snellen, 1904 Scaptesyle bipartita Rothschild, 1913 Scaptesyle bizone Rothschild, 1912 Scaptesyle dichotoma Meyrick, 1886 Scaptesyle dictyota Meyrick, 1886 Scaptesyle equidistans Lucas, 1890 Scaptesyle fovealis Hampson, 1903 Scaptesyle ixias Hampson, 1900 Scaptesyle luzonica Swinhoe, 1916 Scaptesyle middletoni (Turner, 1941) Scaptesyle mirabilis Hampson, 1900 Scaptesyle monogrammaria Walker, 1862 Scaptesyle plumosus Rothschild, 1912 Scaptesyle sororigena Holloway, 2001 Scaptesyle subtricolor van Eecke, 1927 Scaptesyle tetramita Turner, 1940 Scaptesyle thestias Snellen, 1904 Scaptesyle tricolor Walker, 1854 Scaptesyle violinitens Rothschild, 1912
Former species Scaptesyle aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904 Scaptesyle incerta Semper, 1899 Scaptesyle pseudoblabia Hampson, 1918 Scaptesyle rothschildi Draudt, 1914
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