Falcaria

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Drepanoidea

Familia: Drepanidae
Subfamilia: Drepaninae Genus: Falcaria Species: F. aestiva – F. approximata – F. bilineata – F. brykaria – F. conjuncta – F. curvula – F. dentaria – F. dimidiata – F. erosula – F. fasciata – F. hudsoni – F. impuncta – F. interpres – F. lacertinaria – F. lacertula – F. levis – F. obscura – F. rampartensis – F. scincula – F. tacoraria
Name
Falcaria Haworth, 1809

Falcaria is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae. It was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809.[1]
Description

Its palpi are slender and do not reach beyond the frons. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in both sexes to near the apex, the branches longer in the male than the female. The hind tibia is not dilated. Forewings produced at the apex. The outer margin usually excurved at middle. Vein 3 from close to angle of cell. Veins 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell.[2]
Species

Falcaria lacertinaria Linnaeus, 1758
Falcaria bilineata Packard, 1864

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Falcaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.