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.

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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