Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Erebidae

Subfamily

Erebinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Platyja Hübner, [1823] 1816

Type Species

Phalaena umminia Cramer, 1780: 137, by subsequent designation by Moore ([1885] 1887): 201, but cited as ‘umminea’, an incorrect subsequent spelling

= Iontha Doubleday, 1842: 297 (TS: Iontha umbrina Doubleday, 1842: 298)
= Cotuza Walker, 1858: 1551 (TS: Cotuza drepanoides Walker, 1858: 1552)
= Ginaea Walker, 1858: 1637 (TS: Ginaea removens Walker, 1858: 1638)
= Yerongponga Lucas, 1901: 82 (TS: Yerongponga exequialis Lucas, 1901: 83)
= Jonthe; Agassiz [1846]: 38 (an incorrect subsequent spelling)

Subgenus

Mocrendes Nye, 1975

Type Species

Cremnodes lemur Felder, 1874: pl. 113, by monotypy

= Cremnodes Felder, 1874

Species/Subspecies

Platyja (Mocrendes) exviola Hampson, 1891

Type Locality

Nilgiri district

Distribution

Specific Records

Southwestern-Western Ghats

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

South India, Western Ghats

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Distribution

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