Phaegoptera

Phaegoptera is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was proposed by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.[1]

Phaegoptera
Phaegoptera decrepida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Phaegopterina
Genus:	Phaegoptera Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]

Species

• Phaegoptera albescens Travassos, 1955
• Phaegoptera albimacula (E. D. Jones, 1908)
• Phaegoptera alipioi Travassos, 1955
• Phaegoptera chorima Schaus, 1896
• Phaegoptera decrepida (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Phaegoptera decrepidoides (Rothschild, 1909)
• Phaegoptera depicta (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Phaegoptera discisema (Hampson, 1916)
• Phaegoptera fasciatus (Rothschild, 1909)
• Phaegoptera flavopunctata (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Phaegoptera flavostrigata (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Phaegoptera fusca Travassos, 1955
• Phaegoptera granifera Schaus, 1892
• Phaegoptera hampsoni (Rothschild, 1909)
• Phaegoptera histrionica Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]
• Phaegoptera irregularis (Rothschild, 1916)
• Phaegoptera medionigra (Reich, 1934)
• Phaegoptera nexa (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Phaegoptera ochracea Joicey & Talbot, 1918
• Phaegoptera pseudocatenata Travassos, 1955
• Phaegoptera pulchra Travassos, 1955
• Phaegoptera punctularis (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Phaegoptera schaefferi (Schaus, 1892)
• Phaegoptera sestia (Druce, 1906)

Former species

• Phaegoptera picturata (Burmeister, 1878)
• Phaegoptera superba (Druce, 1911)

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Phaegoptera Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 24, 2019.

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