Ercheia

Ercheia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.

Ercheia
Female Ercheia pulchrivenula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Ercheiini
Genus: Ercheia
Walker, 1858[1]

Description

Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint long in both sexes. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia spined, whereas fore tibia of male clothed with long hair. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex and crenulate cilia in both wings.[2]

Species

Former species

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ercheia Walker 1858". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  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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