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Genus of moths

Ocnogyna
Ocnogyna parasita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Ocnogyna
Lederer, 1853
Type species
Chelonia zoraida
Graslin, 1836
Synonyms
  • Pachylischia Rambur, 1866
  • Nototrachus Rambur, 1866
  • Somatrichia Kirby, 1892

Ocnogyna is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from western Eurasia. The genus was erected by Julius Lederer in 1853. One aberrant species, Ocnogyna parasita, has females with non-functional wings, and because of this was formerly placed in its own genus Somatrichia, but is now in Ocnogyna.

Species

References

  1. "Ocnogyna parasita (Hübner, 1790)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Ocnogyna


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