Dasychira
| Dasychira | |
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| Dasychira grisefacta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Orgyiini |
| Genus: | Dasychira Hübner, 1809 |
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Dasychira is a genus of tussock moths in the Erebidae family. They are well distributed all over Africa, Europe, Madagascar, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java and Australia.
Description
Palpi porrect, and second joint is heavily haired. Antennae with long branches in male and short in female. Legs hairy. Fore wings with oblique outer margin. Hind wings with veins 3, 4 and 5 from close to angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 stalked.[1]
Species
Some species of this genus are:
- Dasychira abietis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Dasychira achatina Hering, 1926
- Dasychira acronyctina Schultze, 1934
- Dasychira aeana Collenette, 1931
- Dasychira aenotata Tams, 1930
- Dasychira aeschra (Hampson, 1926)
- Dasychira aethalodes Collenette, 1931
- Dasychira albescens Moore, 1879
- Dasychira albiapex Hering, 1926
- Dasychira albibasalis (Holland, 1893)
- Dasychira albicostata (Holland, 1893)
- Dasychira albilinea (Holland, 1893)
- Dasychira albilunulata (Karsch, 1895)
- Dasychira albinotata (Holland, 1893)
- Dasychira albiplaga Swinhoe, 1908
- Dasychira alboschistacea Rothschild, 1915
- Dasychira albosignata Holland, 1893
- Dasychira albospargata (Holland, 1893)
- Dasychira allotria Hering, 1926
- Dasychira amydropa Collenette, 1960
- Dasychira anaha Swinhoe, 1906
- Dasychira anasses Collenette, 1937
- Dasychira andulo Collenette, 1936
- Dasychira anoista Collenette, 1960
- Dasychira antica (Walker, 1855)
- Dasychira aphanes Collenette, 1938
- Dasychira aphanta Collenette, 1960
- Dasychira apicata (Holland, 1893)
- Dasychira aprepes Collenette, 1956
- Dasychira arctioides (Holland, 1893)
- Dasychira argiloides (Holland, 1893)
- Dasychira aridela Collenette, 1956
- Dasychira astraphaea Collenette, 1931
- Dasychira asvata Moore, 1859
- Dasychira azelota Collenette, 1933
- Dasychira atrivenosa (Palm, 1873)
- Dasychira basiflava (Packard, [1865]) – Yellow-based Tussock Moth
- Dasychira celaenica Collenette, 1955
- Dasychira cinnamomea (Grote & Robinson, 1866) – Cinnamon Tussock Moth
- Dasychira dominickaria Ferguson, 1978
- Dasychira dorsipennata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1919) – Sharp-lined Tussock Moth
- Dasychira griseata (Rothschild, 1915)
- Dasychira grisefacta (Dyar, 1911)
- Dasychira groetscheli Bryk, 1934
- Dasychira hadromeres Collenette, 1955
- Dasychira ibele Collenette, 1955
- Dasychira leucophaea (Smith, 1797)
- Dasychira manto (Strecker, 1900) – Manto Tussock Moth
- Dasychira matheri Ferguson, 1978
- Dasychira meridionalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) – Southern Tussock Moth
- Dasychira mescalera Ferguson, 1978
- Dasychira nigrita (Rothschild, 1915)
- Dasychira obliquata (Grote & Robinson, 1866) – Streaked Tussock Moth
- Dasychira pinicola (Dyar, 1911) – Pine Tussock Moth
- Dasychira plagiata (Walker, 1865) – Northern Pine Tussock Moth
- Dasychira plagosa Rothschild, 1915
- Dasychira rana Collenette, 1932
- Dasychira sagittiphora Hering, 1926
- Dasychira satelles Collenette, 1939
- Dasychira saussurei Dewitz, 1881
- Dasychira scaea Collenette, 1953
- Dasychira scotina Hering, 1926
- Dasychira scurra Hering, 1926
- Dasychira selene Schultze, 1934
- Dasychira selenitica (Esper, 1783)
- Dasychira semlikiensis Collenette, 1939
- Dasychira solida (Karsch, 1895)
- Dasychira sordida (Möschler, 1887)
- Dasychira soyensis Collenette, 1939
- Dasychira spargata Hering, 1926
- Dasychira sphalera Hering, 1926
- Dasychira sphaleroides Hering, 1926
- Dasychira statheuta Collenette, 1937
- Dasychira stegmanni Grünberg, 1910
- Dasychira striata (Holland, 1893)
- Dasychira strigidentata Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Dasychira stygis Collenette, 1936
- Dasychira styx Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Dasychira tephra Hübner, [1809] – Tephra Tussock Moth
- Dasychira vagans (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) – Variable Tussock Moth
References
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.