''Egira'' is a
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 ...
genus
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in the
family
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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 ...
. This genus has several species, including ''
Egira crucialis'', that are on wing in winter and early spring. They are sometimes, along with members of the ''
Orthosia'' genus, called early spring millers.
Species
* ''
Egira acronyctoides''
(Wileman, 1914)
* ''
Egira alternans''
(Walker, 857 (syn: ''Egira onychina''
(Guenée, 1852))
* ''
Egira ambigua''
Galsworthy, 1997
* ''
Egira anatolica''
(Hering, 1933)
* ''
Egira baueri''
(Buckett, 1967, 968
Year 968 ( CMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Emperor Nikephoros II receives a Bulgarian embassy led by Prince Boris (the son of Tsar Peter I of Bulgaria), wi ...
* ''
Egira cognata''
(Smith, 1894)
* ''
Egira conspicillaris''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Egira contaminata''
(Chang, 1991)
* ''
Egira crucialis''
(Harvey, 1875)
* ''
Egira curialis''
(Grote, 1873) (syn: ''Egira candida''
(Smith, 1894))
* ''
Egira dolosa''
(Grote, 1880)
* ''
Egira draudti''
(Hacker, 1993)
* ''
Egira fatima''
Hreblay, 1994
* ''
Egira februalis''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
* ''
Egira hiemalis''
(Grote, 1874)
* ''
Egira natalensis''
(Butler, 1875)
* ''
Egira ornata''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Egira papae''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Egira perigraphoides''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Egira perlubens''
(Grote, 1881)
* ''
Egira phahompoki''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Egira purpurea''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
* ''
Egira rubrica''
(Harvey, 1878)
* ''
Egira saxea''
(Leech, 1889)
* ''
Egira servadei''
Berio, 1982
* ''
Egira simplex''
(Walker, 1865)
* ''
Egira subterminata''
(Hampson, 1905)
* ''
Egira tibori''
Hreblay, 1994
* ''
Egira vanduzeei''
(Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
* ''
Egira variabilis''
(Smith, 1891)
References
''Egira''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Orthosiini
Noctuoidea genera
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