title: Nygmiini
text: # Nygmiini
  
  The Nygmiini are a tribe of tussock moths of the Erebidae family.
  
  ## Description
  
  Adult females of the tribe have an enlarged seventh abdominal segment with a tuft of scales and use this adaptation to protect their egg mass.
  
  ## Genera
  
  * Albarracina
  * Arna
  * Artaxa
  * Bembina
  * Choerotricha
  * Cozola
  * Epeuproctis
  * Euproctis
  * Kidokuga
  * Lacida
  * Medama
  * Micromorphe
  * Nygmia
  * Orvasca
  * Rhypotoses
  * Somena
  * Sphrageidus
  * Sundaroa
  * Toxoproctis
  