''Euchaetes'' 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
moths
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) a ...
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 ...
. It was described by
Thaddeus William Harris
Thaddeus William Harris (November 12, 1795 – January 16, 1856) was an American entomologist and librarian. His focus on insect life cycles and interactions with plants was influential in broadening American entomological studies beyond a narrow ...
in 1841.
Species
* ''
Euchaetes albaticosta''
(Dyar, 1912)
* ''
Euchaetes albicosta''
(Walker, 1855)
* ''
Euchaetes antica''
(Walker, 1856)
* ''
Euchaetes bicolor''
(Rothschild, 1935)
* ''
Euchaetes bolteri''
(Stretch, 1885)
* ''
Euchaetes castalla''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
* ''
Euchaetes cressida''
(Dyar, 1913)
* ''
Euchaetes egle
''Euchaetes egle'', the milkweed tiger moth or milkweed tussock moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae and the tribe Arctiini, the tiger moths. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is a common mid- through late summer feeder ...
''
(Drury, 1773) –
milkweed tiger moth
* ''
Euchaetes elegans''
(Stretch, 1874)
* ''
Euchaetes expressa''
(H. Edwards, 1884)
* ''
Euchaetes fusca''
(Rothschild, 1910)
* ''
Euchaetes gigantea''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
* ''
Euchaetes mitis''
Schaus, 1910
* ''
Euchaetes pannycha''
(Dyar, 1918)
* ''
Euchaetes perlevis''
(Grote, 1882)
* ''
Euchaetes polingi''
(Cassino, 1928)
* ''
Euchaetes promathides''
(Druce, 1894)
* ''
Euchaetes psara''
(Dyar, 1907)
* ''
Euchaetes rizoma''
(Schaus, 1896)
* ''
Euchaetes zella''
(Dyar, 1903)
References
Arctiidae genus listat ''Butterflies and Moths of the World'' of the Natural History Museum
*
External links
A monographic revision of ''Euchaetes'' Harris (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) Hendrickson, Heather Marie (2014)
Phaegopterina
Moth genera
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