''Egira'' is a
moth
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genus
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in the
family
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Noctuidae
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. This genus has several species, including ''
Egira crucialis'', that are on wing in winter and early spring. They are sometimes, along with members of the ''
Orthosia
''Orthosia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
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'' genus, called early spring millers.
Species
* ''
Egira acronyctoides''
(Wileman, 1914)
* ''
Egira alternans''
(Walker, 857
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Emperor Michael III, under the influence of his uncle Bardas, banis ...
(syn: ''Egira onychina''
(Guenée, 1852))
* ''
Egira ambigua''
Galsworthy, 1997
* ''
Egira anatolica''
(Hering, 1933)
* ''
Egira baueri''
(Buckett, 1967, 968
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Emperor Nikephoros II receives a Bulgarian embassy led by Prince Boris (th ...
* ''
Egira cognata''
(Smith, 1894)
* ''
Egira conspicillaris''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Egira contaminata''
(Chang, 1991)
* ''
Egira crucialis''
(Harvey, 1875)
* ''
Egira curialis''
(Grote, 1873) (syn: ''Egira candida''
(Smith, 1894))
* ''
Egira dolosa''
(Grote, 1880)
* ''
Egira draudti''
(Hacker, 1993)
* ''
Egira fatima''
Hreblay, 1994
* ''
Egira februalis''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
* ''
Egira hiemalis''
(Grote, 1874)
* ''
Egira natalensis''
(Butler, 1875)
* ''
Egira ornata''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Egira papae''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Egira perigraphoides''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Egira perlubens''
(Grote, 1881)
* ''
Egira phahompoki''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Egira purpurea''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
* ''
Egira rubrica''
(Harvey, 1878)
* ''
Egira saxea''
(Leech, 1889)
* ''
Egira servadei''
Berio, 1982
* ''
Egira simplex''
(Walker, 1865)
* ''
Egira subterminata''
(Hampson, 1905)
* ''
Egira tibori''
Hreblay, 1994
* ''
Egira vanduzeei''
(Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
* ''
Egira variabilis''
(Smith, 1891)
References
''Egira''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Orthosiini
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