''Egnasia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 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: * '' Egnasia accingalis'' Walker, 1858 (India) *'' Egnasia apicata'' Berio, 1956 (Congo) *'' Egnasia berioi'' Viette, 1954 (Madagascar) *'' Egnasia caduca'' swinhoe, 1892 (India) *'' Egnasia castanea'' Moore, 1882 (India) *'' Egnasia conifer'' Hampson, 1926 (Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra, Thailand) *''

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 ...

'' Berio, 1956 (Congo) *'' Egnasia distorta'' Swinhoe, 1900 (Borneo, Sumatra) *'' Egnasia dolabrata'' Berio, 1958 (Madagascar) *'' Egnasia ephyrodalis'' Walker, 1858 (India, Bangladesh) *''

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 ...

'' (Moore, 1882) (India) *'' Egnasia hypomochla'' D. S. Fletcher, 1963 (Congo, Rwanda) *''

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 ...

'' Gaede, 1940 *''

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 ...

'' A. E. Prout, 1922 (South Africa) *''

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 ...

'' Mabille, 1900 (Madagascar) *''

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 ...

'' Swinhoe, 1906 (India, Hong Kong) *''

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 ...

'' Hampson, 1926 (Ghana) *''

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 ...

'' Hampson, 1926 (Nigeria) *''

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 ...

'' Berio, 1956 (Congo) *''

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 ...

'' Mabille, 1898 (Madagascar) *''

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 ...

'' (Moore, 1885) (Sri Lanka) *''

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 ...

'' Hampson, 1894 (India) *'' Egnasia overdijkinki'' Prout, 1932 (Borneo, Java, Peninsular Malaysia) *''

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 ...

'' Walker, 1858 (India) *'' Egnasia polia'' Hampson, 1891 (India) *'' Egnasia rectilineata'' Swinhoe, 1890 (India) *'' Egnasia rufifusalis'' Hampson, 1926 (Cameroon) *'' Egnasia scoliogramma'' A. E. Prout, 1921 (Congo) *'' Egnasia scotopasta'' Hampson, 1926 (Nigeria) *'' Egnasia sinuosa'' Moore, 1882 (India) *'' Egnasia sundana'' Kobes, 1983 (Borneo Sumatra, Thailand) *'' Egnasia trogocraspia'' Hampson, 1926 (Nigeria) *''

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 ...

'' Swinhoe, 1890 (India) *'' Egnasia vicaria'' (Walker, 1866) (Congo to South Africa, Kenya)

References

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Holloway: ''The Moths of Borneo''
* Calpinae Moth genera {{Calpinae-stub