Ernassa Walker, 1856

Grados, Juan, 2024, Beyond appearances: the genus Ernassa Walker, 1856 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Phaegopterina) and the description of eight new species, Zootaxa 5493 (4), pp. 301-327 : 302

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9CEA6F9D-A998-4967-8E00-AC2BE9A0AE13

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13330140

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2C176A0B-FFCA-9C4A-3EA8-A807527011D2

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scientific name

Ernassa Walker, 1856
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Ernassa Walker, 1856 View in CoL

Ernassa Walker, 1856:1643 View in CoL .

Type-species: Phalaena justina Stoll, 1782 . In Cramer, Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exot.) 4:186, 250, pl. 383, fig. E, by monotypy.

Characterized by the reddish or reddish-orange color pattern, bipectinate antennae with a whitish spot at the distal segments, a subproximal whitish spot on M 2 -M 3 of the forewings. Tegumen with narrow sides. Dorsal processes on the anterior part of the uncus, bearing long setae. For details of the characteristics of the genus, see Travassos (1944).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

Loc

Ernassa Walker, 1856

Grados, Juan 2024
2024
Loc

Ernassa

Walker, F. 1856: 1643
1856
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