Anachrostis Explained

Anachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae of the family Noctuidae.^[1]

Description

Palpi upturned with second joint reaching vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated. Forewings with vein 5 angle of cell. Vein 6 from below upper angle and vein 7 from the angle. Veins 8 and 10 stalked and vein 9 absent. Hindwings with stalked veins 3 and 4, whereas vein 5 absent.^[2]

Species

• Anachrostis amamiana Sugi, 1982
• Anachrostis fulvicilia Hampson, 1926
• Anachrostis indistincta Wileman & South, 1917
• Anachrostis marginata Wileman & South, 1917
• Anachrostis metaphaea Hampson, 1926
• Anachrostis minutissima Sugi, 1982
• Anachrostis nigripuncta Hampson, 1893
• Anachrostis nigripunctalis (Wileman, 1911)
• Anachrostis ochracea Hampson, 1926
• Anachrostis rufula Hampson, 1926
• Anachrostis siccana (Walker, 1863)
• Anachrostis straminea Rothschild, 1915

References

• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Noctuidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.

Notes and References

1. Zahiri. Reza . Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology. 2011. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. etal. free.
2. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis . 1894 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.