Bleptina is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1854. Description 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 Herminiinae Moth genera