Corgatha Explained

Corgatha is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.

Description

Its palpi are porrect (extending forward). Second joint triangularly scaled, and third joint minute. Abdomen tuftless.^[4]

Species

• Corgatha albicinctalis Walker, [1866]
• Corgatha albipunctulata Warren, 1913
• Corgatha albivertex Hampson, 1907
• Corgatha ancistrodes Turner, 1936
• Corgatha argenticosta Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha argentisparsa Hampson, 1895
• Corgatha argillacea Butler, 1879
• Corgatha argyrota Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha aroa Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Corgatha atrifalcis Hampson, 1907
• Corgatha atrimargo Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha atripuncta Warren, 1913
• Corgatha binotata Warren, 1913
• Corgatha castaneorufa Rothschild, 1915
• Corgatha chionocraspis Hampson, 1918
• Corgatha chopardi Berio, 1954
• Corgatha comorana Viette, 1981
• Corgatha constipicta Hampson, 1895
• Corgatha costalba Wileman & West 1929
• Corgatha costimacula Staudinger, 1892
• Corgatha costinotalis Moore, 1867
• Corgatha crassilineata Gaede, 1916
• Corgatha dichionistis Turner, 1902
• Corgatha dictaria Walker, 1861
• Corgatha dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Corgatha diploata Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha diplochorda Hampson, 1907
• Corgatha dipyra Turner, 1902
• Corgatha drepanodes Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha drosera Meyrick, 1891
• Corgatha emarginata Hampson, 1914
• Corgatha enispodes Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha excisa Hampson, 1894
• Corgatha figuralis Walker, [1866]
• Corgatha flavicosta Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha flavipuncta Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha funebris Viette, 1961
• Corgatha fusca Tanaka, 1973
• Corgatha fuscibasis Gaede, 1916
• Corgatha fusciceps Sugi, 1982
• Corgatha gemmifer Hampson, 1894
• Corgatha griseicosta Holloway, 1976
• Corgatha hypoxantha Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha implexata Walker, 1862
• Corgatha incerta Viette, 1961
• Corgatha inflammata Hampson, 1914
• Corgatha infrarubra Strand, 1920
• Corgatha inornata Warren, 1913
• Corgatha laginia Gaede, 1916
• Corgatha leucosticta Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha macariodes Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha marumoi Sugi, 1982
• Corgatha mazoatra Viette, 1961
• Corgatha melanistis Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha microplexia Viette, 1961
• Corgatha miltophyres Turner, 1920
• Corgatha miltopolia Turner, 1945
• Corgatha minor Moore, [1885]
• Corgatha minuta Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Corgatha molybdophaes Turner, 1936
• Corgatha nabalua Holloway, 1976
• Corgatha neona Viette, 1961
• Corgatha nigricosta Warren, 1913
• Corgatha nitens Butler, 1879
• Corgatha niveicosta Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha obsoleta Marumo, 1936
• Corgatha ochrida Hampson, 1918
• Corgatha ochrobapta Turner, 1941
• Corgatha odontota D. S. Fletcher, 1961
• Corgatha olivata Hampson, 1902
• Corgatha omopis Meyrick, 1902
• Corgatha omopisoides Berio, 1954
• Corgatha ozolica Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha ozolicoides Berio, 1954
• Corgatha peroma Viette, 1961
• Corgatha pleuroplaca Turner, 1936
• Corgatha poliostrota Hampson, 1914
• Corgatha porphyrea Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha producta Hampson, 1902
• Corgatha pusilla Swinhoe, 1903
• Corgatha pygmaea Wileman, 1911
• Corgatha regula Gaede, 1916
• Corgatha rimosa Viette, 1961
• Corgatha roseocrea Viette, 1961
• Corgatha rubecula Warren, 1913
• Corgatha rubra Hampson, 1891
• Corgatha semipardata Walker, 1861
• Corgatha sideropasta Turner, 1936
• Corgatha squamigera Warren, 1913
• Corgatha subindicata Kenrick, 1917
• Corgatha submacariodes Berio, 1960
• Corgatha tafana Viette, 1976
• Corgatha tenuilineata Gaede, 1916
• Corgatha terracotta Hampson, 1910
• Corgatha thyridoides Kenrick, 1917
• Corgatha tornalis Wileman, 1915
• Corgatha trichogyia Hampson, 1907
• Corgatha uniformis Berio, 1960
• Corgatha vanjamanitra Viette, 1981
• Corgatha variegata Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Corgatha xanthobela Hampson, 1918
• Corgatha zonalis Walker, [1859]

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. Web site: Savela . Markku . August 29, 2020 . Corgatha Walker, [1859] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . October 3, 2020.
3. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Corgatha Walker, 1859 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . October 3, 2020.
4. 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.