Eschata is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Description Palpi porrect (extending forward), reaching slightly beyond the frons and thickly scaled. Maxillary palp dilated with scales and nearly as long as labial. Frons produced to an acute corneous point. Antennae of male thickened and flattened. Tibial and tarsal joints fringed with long hairs. Forewings with vein 3 from before the angle of cell. Vein 7 from cell, anastomosing (fusing) or stalked with veins 8 and 9. Vein 10 free, whereas vein 11 curved and running along the vein 12. Hindwings with veins 3, 4 and 5 from angle of cell and veins 6 and 7 from upper angle.
Species Eschata aida Błeszyński, 1970 Eschata argentata Moore, 1888 Eschata chrysargyria (Walker, 1865) Eschata conspurcata Moore, 1888 Eschata gelida Walker, 1856 Eschata hainanensis Wang & Sung, 1981 Eschata himalaica Błeszyński, 1965 Eschata horrida Wang & Sung, 1981 Eschata irrorata Hampson, 1919 Eschata isabella Błeszyński, 1965 Eschata melanocera Hampson, 1896 Eschata minuta Wang & Sung, 1981 Eschata miranda Błeszyński, 1965 Eschata ochreipes Hampson, 1891 Eschata percandida Swinhoe, 1890 Eschata quadrispinea W. Li & Liu, 2012 Eschata radiata Swinhoe, 1906 Eschata rembrandti Błeszyński, 1970 Eschata rififi Błeszyński, 1965 Eschata rococo Błeszyński, 1970 Eschata shafferella Błeszyński, 1965 Eschata shanghaiensis Wang & Sung, 1981 Eschata smithi Błeszyński, 1970 Eschata tricornia Song & Chen in Chen, Song & Yuan, 2003 Eschata truncata Song & Chen in Chen, Song & Yuan, 2003 Eschata xanthocera Hampson, 1896 Eschata xanthorhyncha Hampson, 1896
References