Egnasia | |
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Egnasia fasciata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Calpinae |
Genus: | Egnasia Walker, 1859 |
Type species | |
Egnasia ephyrodalis Walker, 1858 | |
Synonyms | |
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Egnasia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Palpi with second joint very long and reaching far above vertex of head. The third with a tuft of hair on the inner side. Antennae usually almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia moderately hairy. Forewings with acute apex. The outer margin angled at middle. Hindwings with crenulate (scalloped) outer margin. Vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars. [1]
Some species of this genus are:
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Callopistria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
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Ophiusa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Pangrapta is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Rivula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Achille Guenée in 1845.
Risoba is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1881.