Biology:Orgyiini
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Short description: Tribe of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| 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. This list may be incomplete.
- Acyphas
- Aroa
- Belinda
- Calliteara
- Casama
- Cifuna
- Clethrogyna
- Dasychira
- Dicallomera
- Eudasychira
- Griveaudyria
- Gynaephora
- Habrophylla
- Hemerophanes
- Ilema
- Laelia
- Mpanjaka
- Mylantria
- Neomardara
- Ocneria
- Olene
- Orgyia
- Pantana
- Penthophera
- Psalis
- Teia
- Telochurus
- Varatra
References
- ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Tribe Orgyiini". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-5/orgyiini/orgyiini.php.
Wikidata ☰ Q16668296 entry
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