Anachrostis

Anachrostis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Subfamily:Hypenodinae
Genus:Anachrostis
Hampson, 1893

Anachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae of the family Noctuidae.[1]

Description

Palpi upturned with second joint reaching vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated. Fore wings with vein 5 angle of cell. Vein 6 from below upper angle and vein 7 from the angle. Veins 8 and 10 stalked and vein 9 absent. Hind wings with stalked veins 3 and 4, whereas vein 5 absent.[2]

Species

  • Anachrostis amamiana Sugi, 1982
  • Anachrostis fulvicilia Hampson, 1926
  • Anachrostis indistincta Wileman & South, 1917
  • Anachrostis marginata Wileman & South, 1917
  • Anachrostis metaphaea Hampson, 1926
  • Anachrostis minutissima Sugi, 1982
  • Anachrostis nigripuncta Hampson, 1893
  • Anachrostis nigripunctalis (Wileman, 1911)
  • Anachrostis ochracea Hampson, 1926
  • Anachrostis rufula Hampson, 1926
  • Anachrostis siccana (Walker, 1863)
  • Anachrostis straminea Rothschild, 1915

References

  1. ↑ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  2. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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