Orgyia

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Orgyia
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Orgyia antiqua
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Orgyia
Ochsenheimer, 1810
Synonyms
  • Notolophus Germar, 1812
  • Orgya Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Trichosoma Rambur, 1832
  • Micropterogyna Rambur, 1866
  • Apterogynis Guenée, 1875
  • Hemerocampa Dyar, 1897

Orgyia is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm. [1] [2] [3]

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Orgyia sp.

Description

The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porrect (extending forward), and heavily fringed with hair. The antennae have long branches and long spines at the extremities. The legs are heavily hairy. The abdomen has a dorsal tuft on its second segment. The forewing has vein 9 arising from vein 10 and anastomosing with vein 8 to form an areole. The hindwing has veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell, vein 5 from just above angle, and vein 6 and 7 stalked.

In the female, the palpi and legs are less hairy. The antennae are serrate. The wings are aborted, scale-like and covered with hair. The abdomen is covered with hair and immensely dilated when full of eggs. [4]

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019). "Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1810". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Orgyia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1810". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  4. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 436 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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