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Ercheia
	Female Ercheia pulchrivenula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Ercheiini
Genus:	Ercheia; Walker, 1858

Ercheia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.

Description

Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint long in both sexes. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia spined, whereas fore tibia of male clothed with long hair. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex and crenulate cilia in both wings.^[2]

Species

Ercheia amoena L. B. Prout, 1919
Ercheia bergeri Viette, 1968
Ercheia careona Swinhoe, 1918
Ercheia chionoptera Druce, 1912
Ercheia cyllaria (Cramer, 1779)
Ercheia designata (Warren, 1914)
Ercheia dipterygia Hampson, 1913
Ercheia diversipennis Walker, [1858] (syn: Ercheia ambidens (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874), Ercheia zygia Swinhoe, 1885)
Ercheia dubia Butler, 1874
Ercheia ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1906
Ercheia enganica Swinhoe, 1918
Ercheia kebea Bethune-Baker, 1906
Ercheia latistria L. B. Prout, 1919
Ercheia mahagonica (Saalmüller, 1891)
Ercheia multilinea Swinhoe, 1902
Ercheia niveostrigata Warren, 1913
Ercheia pulchrivenula Gaede, 1938
Ercheia pulchrivena (Walker, 1864)
Ercheia quadriplaga (Walker, 1865)
Ercheia scotobathra A. E. Prout, 1926
Ercheia styx Bethune-Baker, 1906
Ercheia subsignata (Walker, 1865) (syn: Ercheia periploca Holland, 1894)
Ercheia umbrosa Butler, 1881
Ercheia zura Swinhoe, 1885

Former species

Ercheia albirenata Gaede, 1917
Ercheia anvira Swinhoe, 1918
Ercheia spilophracta Turner, 1933 (Facidina)

References

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ercheia Walker 1858". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

Savela, Markku. "Ercheia Walker, [1858]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ercheia Walker 1858". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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