Anachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypenodinae |
| Genus: | Anachrostis Hampson, 1893 |
Taxonomy
editThe genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae of the family Noctuidae.[1]
Description
editPalpi upturned with second joint reaching vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated. Forewings with vein 5 angle of cell. Vein 6 from below upper angle and vein 7 from the angle. Veins 8 and 10 stalked and vein 9 absent. Hindwings with stalked veins 3 and 4, whereas vein 5 absent.[2]
Species
edit- Anachrostis amamiana Sugi, 1982
- Anachrostis fulvicilia Hampson, 1926
- Anachrostis indistincta Wileman & South, 1917
- Anachrostis marginata Wileman & South, 1917
- Anachrostis metaphaea Hampson, 1926
- Anachrostis minutissima Sugi, 1982
- Anachrostis nigripuncta Hampson, 1893
- Anachrostis nigripunctalis (Wileman, 1911)
- Anachrostis ochracea Hampson, 1926
- Anachrostis rufula Hampson, 1926
- Anachrostis siccana (Walker, 1863)
- Anachrostis straminea Rothschild, 1915
References
edit- ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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