Sympis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Sympis
Sympis rufibasis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Sympis
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852

Description

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Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching above vertex of head and long slightly curved third joint. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia spineless, and hairy. The first joint of hind tarsi hairy on the upperside. Forewings with somewhat produced and acute apex.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.