Urtica is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae. Many species have stinging hairs and may be called nettles or stinging nettles. The generic name Urtica derives from the Latin for 'sting'.
Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders.
The Batrachedridae are a small family of tiny moths. These are small, slender moths which rest with their wings wrapped tightly around their bodies.
Belemnia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Species are found in Central and South America.
Lymantria is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. They are widely distributed throughout Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, and Celebes. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Ercheia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.
Gynaephora is a genus of "tussock moths", also known as the Lymantriinae, within the family Erebidae. They are mainly found in the Holarctic in alpine, Arctic and Subarctic regions, and are best known for their unusually long larval development period. The life-cycle of Gynaephora groenlandica was once believed to take fourteen years, but subsequent studies reduced it to seven, still a very slow development rate that is extremely rare in the Lepidoptera. The caterpillars have five instars, with each instar lasting a year.
Ercheia ekeikei is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in New Guinea as well as Queensland.
Ercheia multilinea is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Seram. The species is infrequent in forest from the lowlands to 1790m, but is perhaps more often encountered above 1000m.
Ercheia kebea is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Seram, New Guinea, Queensland, east to Fiji.
Ercheia cyllaria is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Japan, Indochina, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Seram and the Kai Islands.
Ercheia pulchrivenula is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Ercheia pulchrivena is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Sumatra and Borneo.
Ercheia umbrosa is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Japan, Korea, China and India.
Dilophodes elegans is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in Japan, China, Taiwan, north-eastern Himalaya, Burma and Borneo.
Ercheia niveostrigata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Warren in 1913. It is found in Taiwan.
Ercheia mahagonica is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Saalmüller in 1891. It is found in Ghana and Madagascar.
Ercheia subsignata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and São Tomé & Principe.
Ercheia diversipennis is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Ercheia careona is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1918. It is found in Indonesia, where it has been recorded from Kaloa Island near Sulawesi.
