Ocnogyna is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from western Eurasia. The genus was erected by Julius Lederer in 1853. One aberrant species, Ocnogyna parasita, has females with non-functional wings, and because of this was formerly placed in its own genus Somatrichia, but is now in Ocnogyna.[1]

Ocnogyna
Ocnogyna parasita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Ocnogyna
Lederer, 1853
Type species
Chelonia zoraida
Graslin, [1837] 1836
Synonyms
  • Pachylischia Rambur, 1866
  • Nototrachus Rambur, 1866
  • Somatrichia Kirby, 1892

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Ocnogyna parasita (Hübner, 1790)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved September 27, 2019.