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Anachrostis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Similar
  
Rhesala, Antiblemma, Anisoneura

Anachrostis is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.

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Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the Catocalinae subfamily of the Noctuidae family.

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.

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

    Anachrostis Wikipedia
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