''Anachrostis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily
Catocalinae
The Catocalinae are a subfamily of noctuoid moths, placed in family Noctuidae.
In the alternative arrangement, where the Noctuidae are reduced to the core group around the Noctuinae, the present lineage is abolished, the upranked Catocalini be ...
of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...
.
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
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Anachrostis amamiana''
Sugi, 1982
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Anachrostis fulvicilia''
Hampson, 1926
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Anachrostis indistincta
''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 m ...
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Wileman & South, 1917
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Anachrostis marginata''
Wileman & South, 1917
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Anachrostis metaphaea
''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 m ...
''
Hampson, 1926
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Anachrostis minutissima''
Sugi, 1982
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Anachrostis nigripuncta
''Anachrostis nigripuncta'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is ...
''
Hampson, 1893
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Anachrostis nigripunctalis
''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 m ...
''
(Wileman, 1911)
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Anachrostis ochracea
''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 m ...
''
Hampson, 1926
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Anachrostis rufula
''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 m ...
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Hampson, 1926
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Anachrostis siccana
''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 m ...
''
(Walker, 1863)
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Anachrostis straminea
''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 m ...
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Rothschild, 1915
References
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Hypenodinae
Noctuoidea genera
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