Orgyiini

Orgyiini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Lymantriinae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Wallengren, 1861

The Orgyiini are a tribe of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The tribe was described by Wallengren in 1861.

Description

Caterpillars of the group have brushes of hairs on the top of abdominal segments 1 (adjacent to the thorax), 2, 3, 4, and 8 and pencils of hairs projected forward from the sides of the head.[1]

Genera

The tribe includes the following genera.[citation needed] This list may be incomplete.

References

  1. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Tribe Orgyiini". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 26 November 2014.


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