Micraeschus

Micraeschus is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.

Micraeschus
Micraeschus elataria from Malaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Aventiini
Genus:	Micraeschus Butler, 1878

Description

Palpi very slender and obliquely upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae with fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Legs naked, with normal spurs. Forewing with veins 7 to 10 stalked. Hindwings with stalked 3 and 4. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.^[1]

Species

• Micraeschus elataria Walker, 1861
• Micraeschus rufipallens Warren, 1913