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