Anachrostis

Anachrostis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Hypenodinae
Genus:	Anachrostis; Hampson, 1893

Anachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

Taxonomy[]

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae of the family Noctuidae.^[1]

Description[]

Palpi upturned with second joint reaching vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated. Forewings with vein 5 angle of cell. Vein 6 from below upper angle and vein 7 from the angle. Veins 8 and 10 stalked and vein 9 absent. Hindwings with stalked veins 3 and 4, whereas vein 5 absent.^[2]

Species[]

Sugi, 1982
Hampson, 1926
Wileman & South, 1917
Wileman & South, 1917
Hampson, 1926
Sugi, 1982
Anachrostis nigripuncta Hampson, 1893
(Wileman, 1911)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Walker, 1863)
Rothschild, 1915

References[]

^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[Z+2011-1] Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.

[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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