Choeropais

Choeropais is a monotypic moth genus in the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Choeropais jucunda, is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zaire.[1] Both the genus and species were first described by Karl Jordan, the genus in 1913 and the species nine years earlier in 1904.[2][3][4]

Choeropais
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Subfamily:
Agaristinae
Genus:
Choeropais

Jordan in Seitz, 1913
Species:
C. jucunda
Binomial name
Choeropais jucunda
(Jordan, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Pseudospiris jucunda Jordan, 1904

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Choeropais jucunda (Jordan, 1904)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Choeropais". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku (September 22, 2019). "Choeropais Jordan in Seitz, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Choeropais Jordan, 1913". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 19, 2020.


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