Orgyiini

Orgyiini
Scientific classification
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 Erebidae family.

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. This list may be incomplete.

References

  1. Holloway, J. D. "TRIBE ORGYIINI". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
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