Anachrostis

Anachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

Anachrostis
Genus of Anachrostis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Hypenodinae
Genus:	Anachrostis Hampson, 1893

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae of the family Noctuidae.^[1]

Description

Palpi upturned with second joint reaching vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated. Forewings with vein 5 angle of cell. Vein 6 from below upper angle and vein 7 from the angle. Veins 8 and 10 stalked and vein 9 absent. Hindwings with stalked veins 3 and 4, whereas vein 5 absent.^[2]

Species

• Anachrostis amamiana Sugi, 1982
• Anachrostis fulvicilia Hampson, 1926
• Anachrostis indistincta Wileman & South, 1917
• Anachrostis marginata Wileman & South, 1917
• Anachrostis metaphaea Hampson, 1926
• Anachrostis minutissima Sugi, 1982
• Anachrostis nigripuncta Hampson, 1893
• Anachrostis nigripunctalis (Wileman, 1911)
• Anachrostis ochracea Hampson, 1926
• Anachrostis rufula Hampson, 1926
• Anachrostis siccana (Walker, 1863)
• Anachrostis straminea Rothschild, 1915