Perina

For people with the surname, see Perina (surname).

Genus of moths

Perina

Male Perina nuda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Tribe:  | Leucomini
Genus:  | Perina
Walker, 1855
Synonyms[1]

* Bradytera Toxopeus, 1948

Perina is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855 and is found in China, Sri Lanka and throughout India.

## Description

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In the male, the palpi are extremely minute. Antennae with long branches. Mid and hind tibia with minute terminal spur pairs. Forewings with extremely oblique outer margin. Vein 3 from before angle of cell. Vein 4 and 5 on a short stalk. Vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 9 to 10 are stalked, where veins 7 and 10 being off towards apex. Hindwings with veins 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 stalked and vein 6 absent.

In the female, the antennae have shorter branches. Forewings with the outer margin not so oblique. Hindwings with veins 4 and 5 from angle of cell. Vein 6 present and stalked with vein 7.[2]

## Species

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The following species are included in the genus.[3]

* Perina kalisi Collenette, 1949
* Perina lodra Moore, 1859
* Perina nuda Fabricius, 1787
* Perina psamma Collenette, 1933
* Perina pura Walker, 1869
* Perina sunda Holloway, 1999

## References

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1. ^ Savela, Markku (October 5, 2014). "Perina Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis - via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. ^ "Perina". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

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

Taxon identifiers

Perina|

* Wikidata: Q7168562
* Wikispecies: Perina
* BOLD: 161016
* ButMoth: 22304.0
* CoL: 92JKL
* EoL: 64287
* GBIF: 1818989
* iNaturalist: 196984
* Insecta.pro: 31142
* IRMNG: 1335454
* LepIndex: 52355
* NCBI: 497516
* Open Tree of Life: 962889

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