''Erygia'' is a

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moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

erected by

Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...

in 1852.

Description

Palpi upturned and very slender, almost naked, where the second joint reaching vertex of head, and third joint variable in length. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Metathorax with a large spreading tuft. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Male with a large anal tuft. Tibia spineless. Femur fringed with long hair, as also fore tibia. The mid tibia clothed with short hair and hind tibia and tarsi with long hair. Forewings with quadrate apex. A tooth of scaled found at outer angle. Cilia crenulate.

Species

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Erygia antecedens ''Erygia antecedens'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Marit ...

'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Erygia apicalis'' Guenée, 1852 * ''

Erygia plagifera ''Erygia plagifera'' is a moth of the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth ...

'' (Walker, 1859) * ''

Erygia precedens ''Erygia precedens'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to Australia, Fiji and Samoa. Adults are similar to ''Erygia antecedens'', but the forewings have a paler ground colour and are slightly deeper a ...

'' (Walker, 1858) * ''

Erygia reflectifascia ''Erygia reflectifascia'' is a moth of the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macro ...

'' Hampson, 1891 * ''

Erygia semiplaga ''Erygia semiplaga'' is a moth of the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth ...

'' (Walker, 1869) * ''

Erygia sigillata ''Erygia sigillata'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae found in Himachal Pradesh, Northern India North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India. The dominant geographical features of North India ...

'' Butler, 1889 * '' Erygia spissa'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Erygia subapicalis'' (Walker, 1870)

References

External links

* * Erebini Noctuoidea genera {{Erebinae-stub