Anereuthina Explained

Anereuthina is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Palpi upturned and met by a sharp frontal tuft, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and roughly scaled, and long and obliquely porrect (extending forward) third joint. Antennae usually minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. The fore tibia fringed with long hair in male. Mid tibia spined. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex.^[3]

Species

• Anereuthina atriplaga (Walker, 1869)
• Anereuthina renosa Hübner, 1823

Former species

• Anereuthina lilach (Guenée, 1852)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Anereuthina Hübner, 1823 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . October 14, 2020.
2. Web site: Holloway . Jeremy Daniel . Anereuthina Hübner . The Moths of Borneo . October 14, 2020.
3. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

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