Micraeschus

Micraeschus
	Micraeschus elataria from Malaya
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Aventiini
Genus:	Micraeschus; Butler, 1878

Micraeschus is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.

Description

Palpi very slender and obliquely upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae with fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Legs naked, with normal spurs. Forewing with veins 7 to 10 stalked. Hindwings with stalked 3 and 4. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.^[1]

Species

Micraeschus elataria Walker, 1861
Micraeschus rufipallens Warren, 1913

References

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

Savela, Markku. "Micraeschus Butler, 1878". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.

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

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