Genus of moths
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Platyja is agenus ofmoths of the familyErebidae erected byJacob Hübner in 1823.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Palpi with second joint broad, quadrately scaled and reaching vertex of head, and short, blunt and naked third joint. Thorax and abdomen smooth, where abdomen clothed with long coarse hair dorsally. Tibia and hind tarsi very hairy in male. Forewings with highly arched costa towards apex, which is produced and acute. The outer margin obliquely curved. Hindwings with short cell and truncate anal angle.[ 4]
Platyja acerces Prout, 1928 Platyja argenteopunctata Bethune-Baker, 1906 Platyja ciacula Swinhoe, 1893 Andaman IslandsPlatyja cyanocraspis Hampson, 1922 Platyja cyanopasta (Turner, 1908) AustraliaPlatyja exequialis (T. P. Lucas, 1901) AustraliaPlatyja exviola Hampson, 1891 Platyja flavimacula Semper, 1901 Platyja griseomaculata Snellen, 1880 Platyja lemur Felder, 1874 Platyja minutipuncta Swinhoe, 1901 Platyja phaenophoenica Hampson, 1905 Platyja porphyria Turner, 1904 Platyja retrahens Prout, 1921 Platyja rufiscripta Swinhoe, 1904 BorneoPlatyja silvani Zilli, 2001 Platyja sumatrana Felder, 1874 Platyja torsilinea Guenée, 1852 Platyja umbrina (Doubleday, 1842) Platyja umminia (Cramer, [1780]) Java^ Savela, Markku (July 6, 2019)."Platyja Hübner, [1823]" .Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . RetrievedJune 1, 2020 . ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003)."Platyja " .The Global Lepidoptera Names Index .Natural History Museum . RetrievedJune 1, 2020 . ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004)."Platyja Hübner, 1823" .Butterflies and Moths of the World .Natural History Museum, London . RetrievedJune 1, 2020 . ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894).The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.