Bleptina

Palpi with second joint reaching far above vertex of head. Third joint long with a tuft of hair on inner side. Antennae fasciculated (bundled) in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Forewings with somewhat acute apex. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) to form the areole, which is short and broad or long and narrow. Vein 10 sometimes given off beyond it. Hindwings with vein 5 from near lower angle of cell. ==Species==

• Bleptina acastusalis Walker, [1859] Puerto Rico • Bleptina aeatusalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) • Bleptina albidiscalis Warren, 1889 Brazil (Amazonas) • Bleptina antinoe Druce, 1891 Panama • Bleptina araealis (Hampson, 1901) Florida, Antilles • Bleptina athusalis Schaus, 1916 Cuba • Bleptina atymnusalis (Walker, [1859]) • Bleptina baracoana Schaus, 1916 Cuba • Bleptina bogesalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) • Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854 southern US - Brazil, Antilles, Venezuela, Puerto Rico – bent-winged owlet moth • Bleptina carlona Schaus, 1916 Cuba • Bleptina clara Schaus, 1906 Brazil (Paraná) • Bleptina confusalis Guenée, 1854 Brazil, Venezuela • Bleptina confusaloides Poole, 1989 Venezuela • Bleptina cryptoleuca Prout, 1921 eastern Zaire • Bleptina dejecta Schaus, 1916 French Guiana • Bleptina diopis (Hampson, 1904) Bahamas • Bleptina eminens Schaus, 1916 French Guiana • Bleptina fasciata Dognin, 1914 Colombia • Bleptina flaviguttalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Arizona • Bleptina frontalis Walker, 1862 southern Africa • Bleptina hydrillalis Guenée, 1854 southern US, Central America, Antilles • Bleptina infausta Schaus, 1913 Costa Rica • Bleptina inferior Grote, 1872 Florida, Alabama, Texas • Bleptina intractalis Walker, 1862 southern Africa • Bleptina lasaea Druce, 1891 Panama, Costa Rica • Bleptina latona Schaus, 1916 French Guiana • Bleptina madopalis Guenée, 1854 • Bleptina malia Druce, 1891 Panama • Bleptina menalcasalis Walker, [1859] Antilles - Venezuela • Bleptina minimalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Arizona • Bleptina muricolor Schaus, 1916 Cuba • Bleptina nisosalis Walker, [1859] • Bleptina niveigutta Schaus, 1916 French Guiana • Bleptina obscura Schaus, 1913 Costa Rica • Bleptina olearos Dognin, 1914 Colombia • Bleptina ophelasalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) • Bleptina pentheusalis Walker, [1859] Venezuela • Bleptina pithosalis Walker, [1859] • Bleptina pollesalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) • Bleptina pudesta Schaus, 1916 Cuba • Bleptina sangamonia Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Illinois • Bleptina styrusalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) • Bleptina syrnialis Guenée, 1854 Brazil • Bleptina tenebrosa Mabille, 1900 • Bleptina vultura Schaus, 1916 Venezuela ==References==