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Hemonia

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Hemonia
Hemonia micrommata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Nudariina
Genus: Hemonia
Walker, 1863[1]
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

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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.[2]

Species

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References

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  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.
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