Hemonia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. They are found only in Sri Lanka and Borneo.
Description Palpi slight and porrect (extending forward). Antennae ciliated in male. Forewings very broad and rounded. Vein 3 from before angle of cell, veins 4, 5 and 6, 7 stalked. Veins 8 to 11 nearly erect where vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwing with veins 4 and 5 stalked, vein 3 absent, vein 6 and 7 stalked and vein 8 from near end of cell.
Species Hemonia micrommata Turner, 1899 Hemonia monochroa Hampson, 1914 Hemonia murina Rothschild, 1913 Hemonia orbiferana Walker, 1863 Hemonia pallida Hampson, 1914 Hemonia rotundata Snellen, 1879 Hemonia schistacea Rothschild, 1913 Hemonia schistaceoalba Rothschild, 1913 Hemonia simillima Rothschild, 1913
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