Phytometra

Phytometra is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809.

Phytometra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Phytometra
Haworth, 1809
Synonyms
  • Nanthilda Blanchard, 1840
  • Prothymia Hübner, 1823
  • Prothymnia Leraut, 1997
  • Pseudomicra Butler, 1892
  • Pyralidesthes Warren, 1913

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.[1][2]

Species

Some species of this genus are:[3]

  • Phytometra africana (Snellen, 1872)
  • Phytometra apicata Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
  • Phytometra carnea (Prout A. E., 1922)
  • Phytometra coniota (Hampson, 1926)
  • Phytometra curvifera (Hampson, 1926)
  • Phytometra duplicalis (Walker, 1866)
  • Phytometra ernestinana Blanchard, 1840 – Ernestine's moth
  • Phytometra euchroa Hampson, 1918
  • Phytometra formosalis Walker, 1866
  • Phytometra haemaceps (Hampson, 1910)
  • Phytometra haematoessa (Hampson, 1910)
  • Phytometra helesusalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Phytometra heliriusalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Phytometra hypopsamma (Hampson, 1926)
  • Phytometra laevis Swinhoe, 1901
  • Phytometra lentistriata (Hampson, 1910)
  • Phytometra luna Zerny, 1927
  • Phytometra magalium (Townsend, 1958)
  • Phytometra nigrogemmea Romieux, 1943
  • Phytometra nyctichroa (Hampson, 1926)
  • Phytometra obliqualis Dyar, 1912
  • Phytometra orgiae Grote, 1875
  • Phytometra olivescens (Hampson, 1910)
  • Phytometra opsiphora (Hampson, 1926)
  • Phytometra ossea (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Phytometra pentheus (Fawcett, 1916)
  • Phytometra pyralomima (Wiltshire, 1961)
  • Phytometra rhodopa (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Phytometra rhodarialis Walker, 1859 – pink-bordered yellow moth
  • Phytometra sacraria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Phytometra sanctiflorentis Boisduval, 1834
  • Phytometra signifera (Hampson, 1926)
  • Phytometra silona (Schaus, 1893)
  • Phytometra subflavalis (Walker, 1865)
  • Phytometra umbrifera (Hampson, 1910)
  • Phytometra viridaria Clerck, 1759 – small purple-barred
  • Phytometra zotica (Viette, 1956)

References
  1. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  2. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Phytometra Haworth, 1809". Afromoths. Retrieved April 8, 2019.


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