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Corgatha

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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, [1866]
  • 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.[1][2][3][4]

Taxonomy

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

Description

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Its palpi are porrect (extending forward). Second joint triangularly scaled, and third joint minute. Abdomen tuftless.[5]

Species

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References

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  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.