The Orgyiini are a tribe of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The tribe was described by Wallengren in 1861.
Orgyiini | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Lymantriinae |
Tribe: | Orgyiini Wallengren, 1861 |
Description
editCaterpillars 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
editThe tribe includes the following genera. This list may be incomplete.
References
edit- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Tribe Orgyiini". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 26 November 2014.