''Erygia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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 in 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'' ...
erected by
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very earl ...
in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned and very slender, almost naked, where the second joint reaching vertex of head, and third joint variable in length. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Metathorax with a large spreading tuft. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Male with a large anal tuft. Tibia spineless. Femur fringed with long hair, as also fore tibia. The mid tibia clothed with short hair and hind tibia and tarsi with long hair. Forewings with quadrate apex. A tooth of scaled found at outer angle. Cilia crenulate.
Species
* ''
Erygia antecedens''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Erygia apicalis
''Erygia apicalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Japan, Australia (where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory, Que ...
''
Guenée, 1852
* ''
Erygia plagifera''
(Walker, 1859)
* ''
Erygia precedens''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Erygia reflectifascia''
Hampson, 1891
* ''
Erygia semiplaga''
(Walker, 1869)
* ''
Erygia sigillata''
Butler, 1889
* ''
Erygia spissa''
(Guenée, 1852)
* ''
Erygia subapicalis''
(Walker, 1870)
References
External links
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Erebini
Noctuoidea genera
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