''Ercheia'' is a genus of moths in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a 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 underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.

Description

Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint long in both sexes. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia spined, whereas fore tibia of male clothed with long hair. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex and crenulate cilia in both wings.

Species

* '' Ercheia amoena'' L. B. Prout, 1919 * '' Ercheia bergeri'' Viette, 1968 * '' Ercheia careona'' Swinhoe, 1918 * '' Ercheia chionoptera'' Druce, 1912 * ''

Ercheia cyllaria ''Ercheia cyllaria'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Japan, Indochina, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Seram an ...

'' (Cramer, 1779) * '' Ercheia designata'' (Warren, 1914) * '' Ercheia dipterygia'' Hampson, 1913 * ''

Ercheia diversipennis ''Ercheia diversipennis'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a 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-kn ...

'' Walker,

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/small> (syn: ''Ercheia ambidens'' (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874), ''Ercheia zygia'' Swinhoe, 1885) * ''

Ercheia dubia ''Ercheia dubia'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1874. It is found in Asia (including Korea and Japan) and in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, i ...

'' Butler, 1874 * '' Ercheia ekeikei'' Bethune-Baker, 1906 * '' Ercheia enganica'' Swinhoe, 1918 * ''

Ercheia kebea ''Ercheia kebea'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Seram, New Guinea, Queensland, east to Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the ...

'' Bethune-Baker, 1906 * ''

Ercheia latistria ''Ercheia latistria'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Indonesia, where it has been recorded from Halmahera Halmahera, formerly known as Jilolo, Gilolo, or Jailolo, is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It i ...

'' L. B. Prout, 1919 * '' Ercheia mahagonica'' (Saalmüller, 1891) * ''

Ercheia multilinea ''Ercheia multilinea'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the worl ...

'' Swinhoe, 1902 * '' Ercheia niveostrigata'' Warren, 1913 * '' Ercheia pulchrivenula'' Gaede, 1938 * ''

Ercheia pulchrivena ''Ercheia pulchrivena'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully with ...

'' (Walker, 1864) * '' Ercheia quadriplaga'' (Walker, 1865) * '' Ercheia scotobathra'' A. E. Prout, 1926 * '' Ercheia styx'' Bethune-Baker, 1906 * '' Ercheia subsignata'' (Walker, 1865) (syn: ''Ercheia periploca'' Holland, 1894) * ''

Ercheia umbrosa ''Ercheia umbrosa'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Japan, Korea, China and India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the ...

'' Butler, 1881 * ''

Ercheia zura ''Ercheia diversipennis'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a 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-k ...

'' Swinhoe, 1885

Former species

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Ercheia albirenata ''Ercheia kebea'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Seram, New Guinea, Queensland, east to Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the ...

'' Gaede, 1917 * ''

Ercheia anvira ''Ercheia cyllaria'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Japan, Indochina, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Seram an ...

'' Swinhoe, 1918 * ''

Ercheia spilophracta ''Ercheia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint long in both sexes. Antennae minutely ciliated ...

'' Turner, 1933 ('' Facidina'')

References

External links

* * Ercheiini Moth genera {{Erebinae-stub