Erygia

Erygia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Erebini
Genus:	Erygia; Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
	Calicula Walker, 1858; Felinia Guenée, 1852; Ansa Walker, 1858; Briarda Walker, [1858]; Erygansa Bethune-Baker, 1906;

Erygia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée 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.^[2]

Species

Erygia antecedens (Walker, 1858)
Erygia apicalis 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

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Erygia Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

Savela, Markku. "Erygia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Erygia Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2019.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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