Euproctis

Euproctis
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Nygmiini
Genus:	Euproctis Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
Leucoma Hübner, [1806] Porthesia Stephens, 1828 Dulichia Walker, 1855 Lopera Walker, 1855 Urocoma Herrich-Schäffer, [1858] Ela Walker, 1862 Cataphractes Felder, 1874 Tearosoma Felder, 1874 Pygetera Kirby, 1892 Euproctilla Aurivillius, 1904 Euproctillina Hering, 1926 Euproctillopsis Hering, 1926 Meteuproctis Matsumura, 1927 Knappetra Nye, 1980 Viettema Griveaud, 1977

Euproctis is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species are cosmopolitan, widespread throughout Palearctic, African, Oriental and Australian regions. Molecular phylogenetic studies indicate that the genus as presently understood comprises a large number of unrelated lineages (i.e., is paraphyletic), only a few of which have names (e.g., the genera Kidokuga and Sphrageidus), and is therefore in serious need of revision.^[1]