Eugoa

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Eugoa
Eugoa brunnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Nudariina
Genus: Eugoa
Walker, 1858[1]
Synonyms
  • Hectogama Meyrick, 1889

Eugoa is a genus in the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858. They are found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Borneo.

Description[edit]

Its palpi are porrect (extending forward) and reach beyond the frons. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Forewings with veins 6, 7 and 8, 9 stalked. Hindwings with stalked veins 6 and 7 where the vein 8 from middle of cell.[2]

Species[edit]

Eugoa brunnea

References[edit]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Eugoa Walker, [1858]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 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.
  • Kühne, L. (2007). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 3: 353–394.
  • Bucsek, Karol, 2008, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Eugoa Walker, 1858 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae), Entomofauna 29 (26): 417–468.
  • Dubatolov, Vladimir V.; Kishida, Yasunori; Wang, Min (May 2012). "New records of lichen-moths from the Nanling Mts., Guangdong, South China, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)". Tinea. 22 (1): 25–52. S2CID 86037229.

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