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Nygmiini

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Phylum
  
Rank
  
Tribe

Superfamily
  
Subfamily
  
Higher classification
  
Lymantriinae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Lower classifications
  
Brown‑tail, Yellow‑tail, Sphrageidus

The Nygmiini are a tribe of tussock moths of the Erebidae family.

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Description

Adult females of the tribe have an enlarged seventh abdominal segment with a tuft of scales and use this adaptation to protect their egg mass.

Genera

The tribe includes the following genera. This list may be incomplete.

  • Arna
  • Artaxa
  • Bembina
  • Choerotricha
  • Cozola
  • Euproctis
  • Lacida
  • Medama
  • Micromorphe
  • Nygmia
  • Orvasca
  • Rhypotoses
  • Somena
  • Sundaroa
  • Toxoproctis
  • References

    Nygmiini Wikipedia


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