Euplexia

Euplexia
Euplexia borbonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Euplexia Stephens, 1829
Synonyms
Berhaea Walker, 1858 Epa Bethune-Baker, 1906

Euplexia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Eyes naked with or without eye lashes. Proboscis well developed. Palpi upturned, second joint not reaching vertex of head and fringed with hair. Whereas third joint is prominent. Thorax with a slight tuft of outspreading hair behind the collar and paired tufts on metathorax. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments and tibia spineless. Fore wings with crenulate cilia.^[1]

Species

Euplexia albiclausa Warren, 1916 Euplexia albifusa (Hampson, 1908) Euplexia albilineola (Wileman & South, 1918) Euplexia albinota (Moore, 1867) Euplexia albirena Wileman, 1914 Euplexia alboguttata Warren, 1912 Euplexia albonota Hampson, 1893 Euplexia amblypennis Strand, 1920 Euplexia annapurna Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 Euplexia atrovirens (Moore, 1867) Euplexia augens Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 Euplexia azyga Hampson, 1908 Euplexia benesimilis McDunnough, 1922 Euplexia borbonica Viette, 1957 Euplexia carnefusa Warren, 1912 Euplexia carneola Warren, 1912 Euplexia catephiodes Hampson, 1908 Euplexia cervinipennis Warren, 1912 Euplexia chalybsa Hampson, 1908 Euplexia chlorerythra Swinhoe, 1895 Euplexia chlorogrammata Hampson, 1902 Euplexia complicata Warren, 1912 Euplexia connexa Warren, 1912 Euplexia cuprea Moore, 1874 Euplexia delineata Warren, 1912

Euplexia dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1906 Euplexia discisignata Moore, 1867 Euplexia dubiosa (Bethune-Baker, 1891) Euplexia euplexina (Rebel, 1917) Euplexia exangulata Warren, 1912 Euplexia fasciata Hampson, 1891 Euplexia figurata Warren, 1912 Euplexia ikondae Berio, 1973 Euplexia imperator Laporte, 1984 Euplexia internimarginata Rothschild, 1915 Euplexia jabalsabira Hacker & Fibiger, 2002 Euplexia japonica Leech, 1889 Euplexia jordansi Draudt, 1950 Euplexia koreaplexia Bryk, 1949 Euplexia latibasalis Warren, 1913 Euplexia likianga Kononenko, 1996 Euplexia lilacina Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 Euplexia literata (Moore, 1882) Euplexia lucipara – Small angle shades (Linnaeus, 1758) Euplexia lucisquama Warren, 1912 Euplexia magniclavis (Hampson, 1898) Euplexia magnirena Warren, 1912 Euplexia melanistis Hampson, 1908 Euplexia melanocycla Hampson, 1908

Euplexia mercieri Laporte, 1984 Euplexia monilis (Moore, 1881) Euplexia morosa Walker, 1869 Euplexia mucronata (Moore, 1881) Euplexia muscosa Warren, 1912 Euplexia nigrina Draudt, 1950 Euplexia nyassana Gaede, 1915 Euplexia olivacea (Moore, 1881) Euplexia pali Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 Euplexia pardaria (Moore, 1882) Euplexia pericalles Fletcher, 1961 Euplexia picturata (Leech, 1900) Euplexia pinoni Laporte, 1984 Euplexia plumbeomarginata Hampson, 1895 Euplexia poliochroa Hampson, 1908 Euplexia polycmeta Turner, 1902 Euplexia pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1906) Euplexia resplendens Warren, 1912 Euplexia rhoda Hampson, 1908 Euplexia semifascia (Walker, 1865) Euplexia shoana Laporte, 1984 Euplexia sinuata Moore, 1882 Euplexia splendida Sugi, 1958 Euplexia tibetensis Warren, 1912 Euplexia triplaga (Walker, 1857) (syn: Euplexia brillians Barnes & McDunnough, 1911) Euplexia venosa (Moore, 1882) Euplexia vetula Clarke, 1971 Euplexia viridisparsa Berio, 1939

References

1. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

• Euplexia at funet.fi
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database