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(Redirected from Aventina (moth)) Genus of moths

Corgatha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Corgatha
Walker, 1859
Type species
Corgatha zonalis
Walker, 1859
Synonyms
  • Palura Walker, 1861
  • Guriauna Walker, 1861
  • Ausinza Walker, 1864
  • Zitna Walker,
  • Celeopsyche Butler, 1879
  • Callipyris Meyrick, 1891
  • Aventina Staudinger, 1892
  • Trichogatha Warren, 1913
  • Penisa Warren, 1911
  • Falcapyris Berio, 1959

Corgatha is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.

Description

Its palpi are porrect (extending forward). Second joint triangularly scaled, and third joint minute. Abdomen tuftless.

Species

References

  1. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Corgatha​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku (August 29, 2020). "Corgatha Walker, [1859]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Corgatha Walker, 1859". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  5. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Taxon identifiers
Corgatha
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