Eressa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Syntomini
Genus: Eressa
Species (46): E. affinis – E. africana – E. analis – E. angustipenna – E. annosa – E. aperiens – E. buddha – E. catena – E. confinis – E. dammermanni – E. deliana – E. discinota – E. dohertyi – E. eressoides – E. erythrosoma – E. everetti – E. furva – E. geographica – E. guttulata – E. ichneumoniformis – E. javanica – E. lepcha – E. lutulenta – E. megalospila – E. megatorna – E. microchilus – E. multigutta – E. naclioides – E. nigra – E. paurospila – E. pleurosticta – E. quinquecincta – E. robusta – E. rubribasis – E. semifusca – E. sexpuncta – E. siamica – E. simplex – E. stenothyris – E. subaurata – E. syntomoides – E. vespa – E. vespina – E. vespoides – E. xanthostacta – E. ypleta

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist]
Name

Eressa Walker, 1854

Primary references

Walker 1854: List Specimens Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus., 1, 149.

Eressa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.[1]
Species

Eressa affinis Moore, 1877
Eressa africana Hampson, 1914
Eressa analis Aurivillius, 1925
Eressa angustipenna (T. P. Lucas, 1890)
Eressa aperiens (Walker, [1865])
Eressa buddha Zerny, 1931
Eressa confinis Walker, 1854
Eressa dammermanni van Eecke, 1933
Eressa deliana Roepke, 1935
Eressa discinota (Moore, 1879)
Eressa dohertyi Rothschild, 1910
Eressa eressoides (Hampson, [1893])
Eressa erythrosoma (Hampson, [1893])
Eressa furva Hampson, 1898
Eressa geographica Meyrick, 1886
Eressa ichneumoniformis Rothschild, 1910
Eressa javanica Obraztsov, 1954
Eressa lepcha (Moore, 1879)
Eressa lutulenta (Snellen, 1879)
Eressa megalospilia Turner, 1922
Eressa megatorna Hampson, 1898
Eressa microchilus (Hampson, [1893])
Eressa multigutta (Walker, 1854)
Eressa naclioides Felder, 1861
Eressa nigra (Hampson, [1893])
Eressa paurospila Turner, 1922
Eressa pleurosticta Hampson, 1910
Eressa quinquecincta Hampson, 1898
Eressa rhysoptila (Turner, 1922)
Eressa rubribasis de Joannis, 1912
Eressa semifusca Hampson, 1898
Eressa siamica (Walker, [1865])
Eressa simplex Rothschild, 1910
Eressa strepsimeris (Meyrick, 1886)
Eressa subaurata (Walker, 1854)
Eressa vespa Hampson, 1898
Eressa vespina Rothschild, 1912
Eressa vespoides Rothschild, 1910
Eressa ypleta (Swinhoe, 1892)

References

Savela, Markku. "Eressa Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 8, 2017.

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External links
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.