Corgatha

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Corgatha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Corgatha
Walker, 1859
Type species
Corgatha zonalis
Walker, 1859
Synonyms
  • PaluraWalker, 1861
  • GuriaunaWalker, 1861
  • AusinzaWalker, 1864
  • ZitnaWalker, [1866]
  • CeleopsycheButler, 1879
  • CallipyrisMeyrick, 1891
  • AventinaStaudinger, 1892
  • TrichogathaWarren, 1913
  • PenisaWarren, 1911
  • FalcapyrisBerio, 1959

Corgatha is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Taxonomy

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

Description

Its palpi are porrect (extending forward). Second joint triangularly scaled, and third joint minute. Abdomen tuftless. [5]

Species

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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. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Corgatha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku (August 29, 2020). "Corgatha Walker, [1859]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  4. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Corgatha Walker, 1859". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  5. ↑ 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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