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Erebini
The Erebini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Genera *''Erebus'' *'' Erygia'' *''Lygniodes ''Lygniodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. The genus is restricted to the Asiatic tropics, east to Sulawesi and the Moluccas. Description Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head, ...'' References Erebinae Moth tribes {{Erebinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erebus (moth)
''Erebus'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy The genus is the type genus of the tribe Erebini, subfamily Erebinae, and family Erebidae. Description Differs from ''Speiredonia'' in the mid and hind tibia being spined and almost naked. Forewings are broad. Species * ''Erebus acrotaenia'' (Felder, 1861) * ''Erebus acuta'' (Fawcett, 1917) * ''Erebus aerosa'' (Swinhoe, 1900) * ''Erebus albiangulata'' (A. E. Prout, 1924) * ''Erebus albicinctus'' (Kollar, 1844) (syn: ''Erebus obscurata'' (Wileman, 1923), ''Erebus rivularis'' Westwood, 1848) * ''Erebus atavistis'' (Hampson 1913) * ''Erebus candidii'' (Strand 1920) * ''Erebus caprimulgus'' (Fabricius, 1775) * ''Erebus clavifera'' (Hampson, 1913) * ''Erebus crepuscularis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (syn: ''Erebus obscura'' (Bethune-Baker, 1906) ) * ''Erebus cyclops'' (Felder, 1861) * ''Erebus ephesperis'' (Hübner, 1827) * ''Erebus felderi'' (A. E. Prout, 1922) (syn: ''Erebus seistosticha'' (A. E. Prout, 1926)) * ''Erebus gemman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erebinae
The Erebinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae erected by William Elford Leach in 1815. Erebine moths are found on all continents except Antarctica, but reach their greatest diversity in the tropics. While the exact number of species belonging to the Erebinae is not known, the subfamily is estimated to include around 10,000 species. Some well-known Erebinae include underwing moths (''Catocala'') and witch moths (Thermesiini). Many of the species in the subfamily have medium to large wingspans (7 to 10 cm, 3 to 4 inches), up to nearly 30 cm in the white witch moth (''Thysania agrippina''), which has the widest wingspan of all Lepidoptera. Erebine caterpillars feed on a broad range of plants; many species feed on Poaceae, grasses and legumes, and a few are pests of Ricinus, castor bean, sugarcane, rice, as well as pistachios and Blackberry, blackberries. Morphology Erebine moths possess a number of adaptations for predator defense. Most Erebinae, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erygia
''Erygia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae 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 ear ... 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 usually found at outer angle. Cilia crenulate. Species * '' Erygia antecedens'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Erygia apicalis'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Erygia plagifera'' (Walk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lygniodes
''Lygniodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. The genus is restricted to the Asiatic tropics, east to Sulawesi and the Moluccas. Description Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head, and third joint moderate length. Antennae simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid tibia spined and hind tibia slightly hairy. Forewings with arched costa, slightly produced and acute apex. Hindwings with very short cell. Vein 5 arise from near lower angle and vein 6 much curved. Species *'' Lygniodes ciliata'' *'' Lygniodes endoleucus'' *'' Lygniodes hypoleuca'' *'' Lygniodes hypopyrrha'' Strand, 1913 *'' Lygniodes morio'' Semper, 1900 *'' Lygniodes ochrifera'' Felder, 1874 *'' Lygniodes plateni'' *'' Lygniodes proutae'' Hulstaert, 1924 *'' Lygniodes schoenbergi'' Pagenstecher, 1890 *'' Lygniodes vampyrus'' Former species *''Lygniodes maurus ''Lygniodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae Species description, first desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erebus Macrops
''Erebus macrops'', the common owl-moth, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1768. It is found in the subtropical regions of Africa and Asia. The wingspan is about 12 cm, making it exceptionally large for an Erebidae species. The larvae feed on ''Acacia'' and ''Entada'' species. Description Its wingspan is about 134–160 mm. Male with costal half of hindwing aborted to form turned over on the upper surface and containing a large glandular patch of flocculent (woolly) hair. Vein 4 running to the functional apex, and vein 5 from center of discocellulars. Vein 6 to the fold and veins 7 and 8 very minute to near base of costa. fuscous brown, with a slight purplish tinge. Forewings with short sub-basal and waved antemedial and medial black lines. A very large fulcous ocellus found beyond end of cell, with black outline and black comma-shaped pupil with blue streaks and specks on it. Two irregularly waved postme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes. By convention, all taxa ranked above species are capitalized, including both tribe and subtribe. In zoology, the standard ending for the name of a zoological tribe is "-ini". Examples include the tribes Caprini (goat-antelopes), Hominini (hominins), Bombini (bumblebees), and Thunnini (tunas). The tribe Hominini is divided into subtribes by some scientists; subtribe Hominina then comprises "humans". The standard ending for the name of a zoological subtribe is "-ina". In botany, the standard ending for the name of a botanical tribe is "-eae". Examples include the tribes Acalypheae and Hyacintheae. The tribe Hyacintheae is divided into subtribes, including the subtribe Massoniinae. The standard ending for the name of a botanical subtribe is "-inae". In bacteriology, the form of tribe names is as in botany, e.g., Pseudomonadeae, based on the ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) and neither subordinate taxon is used in modern classifications. Moths make up the vast majority of the order. There are approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, although there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia, and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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''); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, footman and wasp moths (Arctiinae (erebid moths), Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth (''Gynaephora groenlandica''); fruit-piercing moths (Calpinae and others); micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zale (moth), zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae (for example, Crambidae, crambid snout moths). Some of the erebid moths are called owlets. The sizes of the adults range from among the largest of all moths (around wingspan in the Thysania agrippina, white witch) to the smallest of the macromoths ( wingspan in some of the Micronoctuini). The coloration of the adu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
