Anachrostis

Anachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

Anachrostis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypenodinae
Genus: Anachrostis
Hampson, 1893

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. Forewings 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. Hindwings 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
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References
  1. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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