''Ercheia'' is a

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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 in 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 ...

. 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

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Ercheia amoena ''Ercheia amoena'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1919. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip ...

'' 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 and the K ...

'' (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 (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide ...

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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 (Northern Territory and Queensland) and New Guinea The wingspan ...

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

Ercheia kebea ''Ercheia kebea'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Seram, New Guinea, Queensland, and east to Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of O ...

'' Bethune-Baker, 1906 * '' Ercheia latistria'' 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 and Seram. The species is infrequent in forest from the lowlands to 1790m, but is perhaps more often encountered above 1000m. ...

'' Swinhoe, 1902 * ''

Ercheia niveostrigata ''Ercheia niveostrigata'' is a species of moth 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 ...

'' 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 and Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of ...

'' (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, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, s ...

'' Butler, 1881 * ''

Ercheia zura ''Ercheia diversipennis'' is a species of moth 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 ...

'' Swinhoe, 1885

Former species

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Ercheia albirenata ''Ercheia kebea'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Seram, New Guinea, Queensland, and east to Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of O ...

'' 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 and the K ...

'' Swinhoe, 1918 * ''

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

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

References

External links

* * Ercheia Moth genera {{Erebinae-stub