Anereuthina

Anereuthina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Cocytiini
Genus:	Anereuthina; Hübner, 1823
Synonyms
	Hypaetra Guenee, 1852;

Anereuthina is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.

Description

Palpi upturned and met by a sharp frontal tuft, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and roughly scaled, and long and obliquely porrect third joint. Antennae usually minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. The fore tibia fringed with long hair in male. Mid tibia spined. Fore wings with somewhat rounded apex.^[1]

Species

Anereuthina atriplaga (Walker, 1869)
Anereuthina renosa Hübner, 1823

Former species

Anereuthina lilach (Guenee, 1852)

References

↑ 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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[1] 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.