Corgatha

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Genus of moths

title: "Corgatha" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["boletobiinae", "noctuoidea-genera"] description: "Genus of moths" topic_path: "general/boletobiinae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corgatha" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of moths ::

| image = Corgatha terracotta-20mm.jpg | taxon = Corgatha | authority = Walker, 1859 | type_species = Corgatha zonalis | type_species_authority = Walker, 1859 | synonyms =

  • Palura Walker, 1861
  • Guriauna Walker, 1861
  • Ausinza Walker, 1864
  • Zitna Walker, [1866]
  • Celeopsyche Butler, 1879
  • Callipyris Meyrick, 1891
  • Aventina Staudinger, 1892
  • Trichogatha Warren, 1913
  • Penisa Warren, 1911
  • Falcapyris Berio, 1959

Corgatha is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.

Description

Its palpi are porrect (extending forward). Second joint triangularly scaled, and third joint minute. Abdomen tuftless.

Species

References

References

  1. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology.
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  3. Savela, Markku. (August 29, 2020). "''Corgatha'' Walker, [1859]".
  4. (November 5, 2004). "''Corgatha'' Walker, 1859". [[Natural History Museum, London]].
  5. Hampson, G. F.. (1894). "The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II". Taylor and Francis.

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