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Dasychira

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Dasychira
Dasychira grisefacta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Lymantriinae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Dasychira
Hübner, 1809
Synonyms[1]
  • Anaxila Walker, 1855
  • Dediama Walker, 1855
  • Parorgyia Packard, [1865]
  • Noleca Walker, 1855
  • Boreconia Walker, 1865
  • Dicranuropsis Felder, 1874
  • Pseudonotodonta Möschler, 1887
  • Oecura Holland, 1893
  • Notohyba Holland, 1893
  • Thamnocera Holland, 1893
  • Bathmochtha Karsch, 1895
  • Notopriota Swinhoe, 1903
  • Rhodesana Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Dasychirana Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Bicelluphora Janse, 1915
  • Tessmannia Bryk, 1915
  • Dasylaelia Aurivillius, 1925
  • Macrolaelia Aurivillius, 1925
  • Sminthopses Hampson, 1926
  • Heptaptosis Talbot, 1929

Dasychira is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1809.[2] They are well distributed all over Africa, Europe, North America,[3] Madagascar, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java and Australia.

Description

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Palpi porrect (extending forward), and second joint is heavily haired. Antennae with long branches in male and short in female. Legs hairy. Forewings with oblique outer margin. Hindwings with veins 3, 4 and 5 from close to angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 stalked.[4]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (August 1, 2019). "Dasychira Hübner, [1809]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Dasychira Hübner, 1809". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Ferguson, D (1978). Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 22.2. Wedge Entomological Foundation. ISBN 9780900848650.
  4. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.