Scaptesyle
# Scaptesyle

Scaptesyle is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Francis Walker in 1854.

## Description

Palpi upturned reaching vertex of head. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Tibia with long spurs. Forewings with stalked veins 4 and 5, vein 6 from below angle of cell and stalked veins 7,8 and 9. Hindwings with stalked veins 3,4 and 6,7. Vein 5 from above angle of cell and vein 8 from middle of cell.

## Species

* Scaptesyle aurigena Walker, 1863
* Scaptesyle buergersi Gaede, 1926
* Scaptesyle bicolor Walker, 1864
* Scaptesyle bifasciata Snellen, 1904
* Scaptesyle bipartita Rothschild, 1913
* Scaptesyle bizone Rothschild, 1912
* Scaptesyle dichotoma Meyrick, 1886
* Scaptesyle dictyota Meyrick, 1886
* Scaptesyle equidistans Lucas, 1890
* Scaptesyle fovealis Hampson, 1903
* Scaptesyle ixias Hampson, 1900
* Scaptesyle luzonica Swinhoe, 1916
* Scaptesyle middletoni (Turner, 1941)
* Scaptesyle mirabilis Hampson, 1900
* Scaptesyle monogrammaria Walker, 1862
* Scaptesyle plumosus Rothschild, 1912
* Scaptesyle sororigena Holloway, 2001
* Scaptesyle subtricolor van Eecke, 1927
* Scaptesyle tetramita Turner, 1940
* Scaptesyle thestias Snellen, 1904
* Scaptesyle tricolor Walker, 1854
* Scaptesyle violinitens Rothschild, 1912

## Former species

* Scaptesyle aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904
* Scaptesyle incerta Semper, 1899
* Scaptesyle pseudoblabia Hampson, 1918
* Scaptesyle rothschildi Draudt, 1914
