Eugoa

Eugoa is a genus in the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858. They are found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Borneo.

Eugoa
Eugoa brunnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Nudariina
Genus: Eugoa
Walker, 1858[1]
Synonyms
  • Hectogama Meyrick, 1889

Description

Its palpi are porrect (extending forward) and reach beyond the frons. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Forewings with veins 6, 7 and 8, 9 stalked. Hindwings with stalked veins 6 and 7 where the vein 8 from middle of cell.[2]

Species
Eugoa brunnea

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Eugoa Walker, [1858]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Kühne, L. (2007). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 3: 353–394.
  • Bucsek, Karol, 2008, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Eugoa Walker, 1858 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae), Entomofauna 29 (26): 417–468.
  • Dubatolov, Vladimir V.; Kishida, Yasunori; Wang, Min (May 2012). "New records of lichen-moths from the Nanling Mts., Guangdong, South China, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)". Tinea. 22 (1): 25–52. S2CID 86037229.


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