Orgyiini Explained

The Orgyiini are a tribe of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The tribe was described by Wallengren in 1861.

Description

Caterpillars of the group have brushes of hairs on the top of abdominal segments 1 (adjacent to the thorax), 2, 3, 4, and 8 and pencils of hairs projected forward from the sides of the head.^[1]

Genera

The tribe includes the following genera. This list may be incomplete.

• Acyphas
• Aroa
• Belinda
• Calliteara
• Casama
• Cifuna
• Clethrogyna
• Dasychira
• Dicallomera
• Eudasychira
• Griveaudyria
• Gynaephora
• Habrophylla
• Hemerophanes
• Ilema
• Laelia
• Mpanjaka
• Mylantria
• Neomardara
• Ocneria
• Olene
• Orgyia
• Pantana
• Penthophera
• Psalis
• Teia
• Telochurus
• Varatra

Notes and References

1. Web site: Holloway . Jeremy Daniel . Tribe Orgyiini . The Moths of Borneo . 26 November 2014.