Anachrostis

Anachrostis
	Genus of Anachrostis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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.

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.

Species

Anachrostis amamiana Sugi, 1982
Anachrostis fulvicilia Hampson, 1926
Anachrostis indistincta Wileman & South, 1917
Anachrostis marginata Wileman & South, 1917
Anachrostis metaphaea Hampson, 1926
Anachrostis minutissima Sugi, 1982
Anachrostis nigripuncta Hampson, 1893
Anachrostis nigripunctalis (Wileman, 1911)
Anachrostis ochracea Hampson, 1926
Anachrostis rufula Hampson, 1926
Anachrostis siccana (Walker, 1863)
Anachrostis straminea 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.