Biology:Achyra (moth)

Short description: Genus of moths

Achyra
Achyra affinitalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Pyraustinae
Genus:	Achyra Guenée, 1849
Synonyms
Achiria Sherborn, 1932 Achyria Sherborn, 1932 Dosara Walker, 1859 Eurycreon Lederer, 1863 Tritaea Meyrick, 1884

Achyra is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1849.

Species

• Achyra affinitalis (Lederer, 1863)
• Achyra arida Maes, 2005
• Achyra bifidalis (Fabricius, 1794)
• Achyra brasiliensis Capps, 1967
• Achyra coelatalis (Walker, 1859)
• Achyra eneanalis (Schaus, 1923)
• Achyra imperialis (Sauber in Semper, 1899)
• Achyra llaguenalis Munroe, 1978
• Achyra massalis (Walker, 1859)
• Achyra nigrirenalis (Hampson, 1913)
• Achyra nudalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Achyra occidentalis (Packard, 1873)
• Achyra piuralis (Capps, 1967)
• Achyra prionogramma (Meyrick, 1886)
• Achyra protealis (Warren, 1892)
• Achyra rantalis (Guenée, 1854) – garden webworm moth
• Achyra serrulata (Turner, 1932)
• Achyra takowensis Maes, 1987

Former species

• Achyra similalis Guenée, 1854

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10730521 entry