''Progonia'' 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 erected by
George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist.
Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills o ...
in 1896.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
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Progonia acutivalva''
Holloway, 2008 Borneo
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Progonia aenicta''
D. S. Fletcher, 1961 Uganda
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Progonia boisduvalalis''
Viette, 1961 Madagascar
*''
Progonia brunnealis''
(Wileman & South, 1916) Taiwan
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Progonia diagonalis''
(Collenette, 1928) Tahiti
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Progonia erectivalva
''Progonia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1896.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
*'' Progonia acutivalva'' Holloway, 2008 Borneo
*'' Progonia aenicta'' D. S. Fletcher, 1961 Uganda ...
''
Holloway, 2008 Borneo
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Progonia fonteialis''
(Walker, 1859) Borneo, Sulawesi
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Progonia grisea''
(Hampson, 1905) southern Africa
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Progonia innupta''
(Collenette, 1928) Tahiti
*''
Progonia kurosawai''
Owada, 1987 Japan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Borneo, Sulawesi
*''
Progonia luctuosa''
(Hampson, 1902) southern Africa
*''
Progonia matilei
''Progonia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1896.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
*''Progonia acutivalva'' Holloway, 2008 Borneo
*''Progonia aenicta'' D. S. Fletcher, 1961 Uganda
* ...
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Orhant, 2001
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Progonia oileusalis
''Progonia oileusalis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka, Borneo, India, Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the ...
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(Walker, 859
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Events
By place
Europe
* January 15 – Battle of St. Quentin: Frankish forces, le ...
Borneo, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Philippines
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Progonia perarcuata
''Progonia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1896.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
*'' Progonia acutivalva'' Holloway, 2008 Borneo
*'' Progonia aenicta'' D. S. Fletcher, 1961 Uganda ...
''
(Hampson, 1902)
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Progonia serrativalva
''Progonia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1896.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
*'' Progonia acutivalva'' Holloway, 2008 Borneo
*'' Progonia aenicta'' D. S. Fletcher, 1961 Uganda ...
''
Holloway, 2008 Borneo
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Progonia spodopa
''Progonia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1896.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
*'' Progonia acutivalva'' Holloway, 2008 Borneo
*'' Progonia aenicta'' D. S. Fletcher, 1961 Uganda ...
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D. S. Fletcher, 1957 Solomon Islands
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Progonia umbrifera''
(Lucas, 1894) Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga
References
Herminiinae
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