''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 ...
of
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:
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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''
swinhoe, 1892 (India)
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Egnasia castanea''
Moore, 1882 (India)
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Egnasia conifer''
Hampson, 1926 (Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra, Thailand)
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Egnasia dimorfica''
Berio, 1956 (Congo)
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Egnasia distorta''
Swinhoe, 1900 (Borneo, Sumatra)
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Egnasia dolabrata''
Berio, 1958 (Madagascar)
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Egnasia ephyrodalis''
Walker, 1858 (India, Bangladesh)
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Egnasia fasciata''
(Moore, 1882) (India)
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Egnasia hypomochla''
D. S. Fletcher, 1963 (Congo, Rwanda)
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Egnasia incurvata''
Gaede, 1940
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Egnasia lioperas''
A. E. Prout, 1922 (South Africa)
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Egnasia macularia''
Mabille, 1900 (Madagascar)
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Egnasia mesotypa''
Swinhoe, 1906 (India, Hong Kong)
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Egnasia microsema''
Hampson, 1926 (Ghana)
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Egnasia microtype''
Hampson, 1926 (Nigeria)
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Egnasia mimetica''
Berio, 1956 (Congo)
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Egnasia obscurata''
Mabille, 1898 (Madagascar)
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Egnasia ocellata
''Egnasia ocellata'' is a 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 ...
''
(Moore, 1885) (Sri Lanka)
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Egnasia ochreivena''
Hampson, 1894 (India)
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Egnasia overdijkinki''
Prout, 1932 (Borneo, Java, Peninsular Malaysia)
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Egnasia participalis''
Walker, 1858 (India)
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Egnasia polia''
Hampson, 1891 (India)
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Egnasia rectilineata''
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''
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''
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