Micraeschus Explained

Micraeschus is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.

Description

Palpi very slender and obliquely upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae with fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Legs naked, with normal spurs. Forewing with veins 7 to 10 stalked. Hindwings with stalked 3 and 4. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.^[1]

Species

• Micraeschus elataria Walker, 1861
• Micraeschus rufipallens Warren, 1913

References

• Web site: Savela . Markku . Micraeschus Butler, 1878 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 20, 2019.
• Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Noctuidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . 2023 . Natural History Museum, London. 10.5519/s93616qw .

Notes and References

1. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

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