Ocnogyna
Encyclopedia
Ocnogyna is a genus
of moth
s in the Arctiidae
family from Western Eurasia
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
family from Western Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
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Species
- Ocnogyna advena (Fabricius, 1787)
- Ocnogyna bellieri (Lederer, 1855)
- Ocnogyna bellieri berytta (Staudinger, 1895)
- Ocnogyna boeticumOcnogyna baeticaThe Winter Webworm is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Italy, the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa.Larvae have been recorded on Hedysarum, Trifolium, Erysimum and Malva.-External links:**...
Rambur, 1836 - Ocnogyna corsicum Rambur, 1832
- Ocnogyna corsicum sardoa Staudinger, 1870
- Ocnogyna cypriaca O.Bang-Haas, 1934
- Ocnogyna herrichi Staudinger, [1879]
- Ocnogyna loewii (Zeller, 1846)
- Ocnogyna mutabilis Turati, 1924
- Ocnogyna pudens (H.Lucas, 1853)
- Ocnogyna pudens leprieuri (Oberthür, 1878)
- Ocnogyna zoraida Graslin, [1837] 1836
- Ocnogyna zoraida hemigena (De Graslin, 1850)
Formerly places in Ocnogyna:
- Ocnogyna parasita Hübner, 1790, now - Somatrichia parasita