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Anereuthina

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Anereuthina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Cocytiini
Genus: Anereuthina
Hübner, 1823
Synonyms
  • Hypaetra Guenée, 1852

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

Description

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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

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Former species

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References

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  1. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Anereuthina Hübner, 1823". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Anereuthina Hübner". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.