''Eschata'' 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
Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
.
Description
Palpi porrect (extending forward), reaching slightly beyond the frons and thickly scaled. Maxillary palp dilated with scales and nearly as long as labial. Frons produced to an acute corneous point. Antennae of male thickened and flattened. Tibia and tarsal joints fringed with long hairs. Forewings with vein 3 from before the angle of cell. Vein 7 from cell, anastomosing (fusing) or stalked with veins 8 and 9. Vein 10 free, whereas vein 11 curved and running along the vein 12. Hindwings with veins 3, 4 and 5 from angle of cell and veins 6 and 7 from upper angle.
Species
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Eschata aida
''Eschata aida'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1970. It is found in Bengal
Bengal ( ) is a Historical geography, historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to ...
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Błeszyński, 1970
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Eschata argentata''
Moore, 1888
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Eschata chrysargyria''
(Walker, 1865)
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Eschata conspurcata
''Eschata conspurcata'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1888. It is found in Darjeeling and Sikkim
Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders th ...
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Moore, 1888
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Eschata gelida''
Walker, 1856
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Eschata hainanensis''
Wang & Sung, 1981
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Eschata himalaica''
Błeszyński, 1965
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Eschata horrida''
Wang & Sung, 1981
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Eschata irrorata''
Hampson, 1919
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Eschata isabella''
Błeszyński, 1965
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Eschata melanocera
''Eschata melanocera'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in India.
References
Chiloini
Moths described in 1896
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Hampson, 1896
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Eschata minuta''
Wang & Sung, 1981
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Eschata miranda''
Błeszyński, 1965
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Eschata ochreipes''
Hampson, 1891
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Eschata percandida''
Swinhoe, 1890
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Eschata quadrispinea''
W. Li & Liu, 2012
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Eschata radiata
''Eschata radiata'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1906. It is found in Indonesia, where it has been recorded from the Moluccas
The Maluku Islands ( ; , ) or the Moluccas ( ; ) are an archipelago in ...
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Swinhoe, 1906
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Eschata rembrandti''
Błeszyński, 1970
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Eschata rififi''
Błeszyński, 1965
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Eschata rococo''
Błeszyński, 1970
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Eschata shafferella''
Błeszyński, 1965
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Eschata shanghaiensis''
Wang & Sung, 1981
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Eschata smithi''
Błeszyński, 1970
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Eschata tricornia''
Song & Chen in Chen, Song & Yuan, 2003
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Eschata truncata''
Song & Chen in Chen, Song & Yuan, 2003
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Eschata xanthocera''
Hampson, 1896
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Eschata xanthorhyncha''
Hampson, 1896
References
Chiloini
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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