Anachrostis
| Anachrostis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypenodinae |
| Genus: | Anachrostis Hampson, 1893 |
Anachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae of the family Noctuidae.[1]
Description
Palpi upturned with second joint reaching vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated. Fore wings with vein 5 angle of cell. Vein 6 from below upper angle and vein 7 from the angle. Veins 8 and 10 stalked and vein 9 absent. Hind wings with stalked veins 3 and 4, whereas vein 5 absent.[2]
Species
- Anachrostis amamiana Sugi, 1982
- Anachrostis fulvicilia Hampson, 1926
- Anachrostis indistincta Wileman & South, 1917
- Anachrostis marginata Wileman & South, 1917
- Anachrostis metaphaea Hampson, 1926
- Anachrostis minutissima Sugi, 1982
- Anachrostis nigripuncta Hampson, 1893
- Anachrostis nigripunctalis (Wileman, 1911)
- Anachrostis ochracea Hampson, 1926
- Anachrostis rufula Hampson, 1926
- Anachrostis siccana (Walker, 1863)
- Anachrostis straminea Rothschild, 1915
References
- ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.[permanent dead link]
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