''Egnasia'' is a
genus of
moths 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 groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. The genus was first described by
Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side. Antennae usually almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia moderately hairy. Forewings with acute apex. The outer margin angled at middle. Hindwings with crenulate (scalloped) outer margin. Vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
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Egnasia accingalis''
Walker, 1858 (India)
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Egnasia apicata''
Berio, 1956 (Congo)
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Egnasia berioi''
Viette, 1954 (Madagascar)
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Egnasia caduca
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner si ...
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swinhoe, 1892 (India)
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Egnasia castanea
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Moore, 1882 (India)
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Egnasia conifer''
Hampson, 1926 (Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra, Thailand)
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Egnasia dimorfica
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Berio, 1956 (Congo)
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Egnasia distorta
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Swinhoe, 1900 (Borneo, Sumatra)
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Egnasia dolabrata
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Berio, 1958 (Madagascar)
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Egnasia ephyrodalis''
Walker, 1858 (India, Bangladesh)
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Egnasia fasciata
''Egnasia fasciata'' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882. It is known from India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest ...
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(Moore, 1882) (India)
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Egnasia hypomochla
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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D. S. Fletcher, 1963 (Congo, Rwanda)
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Egnasia incurvata
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Gaede, 1940
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Egnasia lioperas
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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A. E. Prout, 1922 (South Africa)
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Egnasia macularia
''Egnasia macularia'' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1900. It is endemic to Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasi ...
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Mabille, 1900 (Madagascar)
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Egnasia mesotypa
''Egnasia mesotypa'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1906. It is known from India and Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of ...
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Swinhoe, 1906 (India, Hong Kong)
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Egnasia microsema
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Hampson, 1926 (Ghana)
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Egnasia microtype
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Hampson, 1926 (Nigeria)
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Egnasia mimetica
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Berio, 1956 (Congo)
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Egnasia obscurata
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Mabille, 1898 (Madagascar)
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Egnasia ocellata
''Egnasia ocellata'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly ...
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(Moore, 1885) (Sri Lanka)
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Egnasia ochreivena
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Hampson, 1894 (India)
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Egnasia overdijkinki
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Prout, 1932 (Borneo, Java, Peninsular Malaysia)
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Egnasia participalis
''Egnasia participalis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1891. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. It has a 28 mm wingspan, a yellow-colored body and a forewing with the lunulate hyaline
A hyaline ...
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Walker, 1858 (India)
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Egnasia polia
''Egnasia polia'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in India and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங ...
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Hampson, 1891 (India)
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Egnasia rectilineata
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Swinhoe, 1890 (India)
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Egnasia rufifusalis''
Hampson, 1926 (Cameroon)
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Egnasia scoliogramma''
A. E. Prout, 1921 (Congo)
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Egnasia scotopasta''
Hampson, 1926 (Nigeria)
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Egnasia sinuosa
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner si ...
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Moore, 1882 (India)
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Egnasia sundana''
Kobes, 1983 (Borneo Sumatra, Thailand)
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Egnasia trogocraspia''
Hampson, 1926 (Nigeria)
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Egnasia tripuncta
''Egnasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side ...
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Swinhoe, 1890 (India)
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Egnasia vicaria''
(Walker, 1866) (Congo to South Africa, Kenya)
References
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Holloway: ''The Moths of Borneo''*
Calpinae
Moth genera
{{Calpinae-stub