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Hemonia
Hemonia micrommata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Nudariina
Genus:	Hemonia Walker, 1863
Synonyms
Eurodes Turner, 1899

Hemonia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. They are found only in Sri Lanka and Borneo.

Description

Palpi slight and porrect (extending forward). Antennae ciliated in male. Forewings very broad and rounded. Vein 3 from before angle of cell, veins 4, 5 and 6, 7 stalked. Veins 8 to 11 nearly erect where vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwing with veins 4 and 5 stalked, vein 3 absent, vein 6 and 7 stalked and vein 8 from near end of cell.

Species

• Hemonia micrommata Turner, 1899
• Hemonia monochroa Hampson, 1914
• Hemonia murina Rothschild, 1913
• Hemonia orbiferana Walker, 1863
• Hemonia pallida Hampson, 1914
• Hemonia rotundata Snellen, 1879
• Hemonia schistacea Rothschild, 1913
• Hemonia schistaceoalba Rothschild, 1913
• Hemonia simillima Rothschild, 1913

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Hemonia Walker, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.

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