Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Erebidae

Subfamily

Lymantriinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1810

Type Species

Phalaena antiqua Linnaeus, 1758

= Notolophus Germar, 1812: 35 (TS: Phalaena antiqua Linnaeus, 1758: 503). Notolophus is a junior objective synonym of Orgyia.
= Oregyia Meigen, 1830: 14. An unjustified emendation of Orgyia.
= Clethrogyna Rambur, 1866: 281 (TS: Clethrogyna splendida Rambur, [1837]: pl. 15)
= Thylacigyna Rambur, 1866: 283 (TS: Orgyia ericae Germar, in Ahrens, [1824]: 17)
= Micropterogyna Rambur, [1866]: 281 (TS: Phalaena antiqua Linnaeus, 1758: 503). Micropterogyna is a junior objective synonym of Orgyia.
= Apterogynis Guenée, [1875] 1867: 78 (TS: Phalaena antiqua Linnaeus, 1758: 503)
= Hemerocampa Dyar, 1897: 13, 15 (TS: Phalaena leucostigma Smith, in Abbot & Smith, 1797: 157)
= Orgyja; Hübner [1819] 1816: 161 (an incorrect subsequent spelling of Orgyia)
= Oregyia; Billberg 1820: 84 (an incorrect subsequent spelling of Orgyia)
= Orgya; Lefebvre 1826: 487 (an incorrect subsequent spelling of Orgyia)

Species/Subspecies

Orgyia australis Walker, 1855

Type Locality

New Holland [Australia]

=Orgyia canifascia Walker, 1865: 325 (TL: Australia)

Remarks

The distribution from India needs further confirmation.

Distribution

Specific Records

North India

States/Union Territories

West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Gangetic Plain

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Distribution

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