Argidava (moth)

Argidava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Tribe:	Nacophorini
Genus:	Argidava; Walker, [1863]

Argidava is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1863.

The List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum^[1] describes a specimen as follows:

Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis stout. Palpi porrect, pilose, hardly extending beyond the head; third joint extremely short. Antennas moderately pectinated. Abdomen slightly compressed, not extending beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small, elongate. Legs smooth, slender. Wings rather broad; exterior border hardly festooned. Fore wings acute; costa straight; exterior border slightly convex and oblique.

^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1854-66, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.58221, p. 1548

[Lep1548-1] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1854-66, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.58221, p. 1548

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