Ercheia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.
Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint long in both sexes. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia spined, whereas fore tibia of male clothed with long hair. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex and crenulate cilia in both wings.
Species
Ercheia amoena L. B. Prout, 1919 Ercheia bergeri Viette, 1968 Ercheia careona Swinhoe, 1918 Ercheia chionoptera Druce, 1912 Ercheia cyllaria (Cramer, 1779) Ercheia designata (Warren, 1914) Ercheia dipterygia Hampson, 1913 Ercheia diversipennis Walker, (syn: Ercheia ambidens (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874), Ercheia zygia Swinhoe, 1885) Ercheia dubia Butler, 1874 Ercheia ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1906 Ercheia enganica Swinhoe, 1918 Ercheia kebea Bethune-Baker, 1906 Ercheia latistria L. B. Prout, 1919 Ercheia mahagonica (Saalmüller, 1891) Ercheia multilinea Swinhoe, 1902 Ercheia niveostrigata Warren, 1913 Ercheia pulchrivenula Gaede, 1938 Ercheia pulchrivena (Walker, 1864) Ercheia quadriplaga (Walker, 1865) Ercheia scotobathra A. E. Prout, 1926 Ercheia styx Bethune-Baker, 1906 Ercheia subsignata (Walker, 1865) (syn: Ercheia periploca Holland, 1894) Ercheia umbrosa Butler, 1881 Ercheia zura Swinhoe, 1885
Former species Ercheia albirenata Gaede, 1917 Ercheia anvira Swinhoe, 1918 Ercheia spilophracta Turner, 1933 (Facidina)
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