Pseudephyra

Pseudephyra is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Is only species, Pseudephyra straminea, is found in Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886.[1][2]

Pseudephyra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Pseudephyra

Butler, 1886
Species:
P. straminea
Binomial name
Pseudephyra straminea
Butler, 1886

Butterflies and Moths of the World gives this name as a synonym of Corgatha Walker, 1859.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pseudephyra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku (August 31, 2019). "Pseudephyra Butler, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Pseudephyra Butler, 1886". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved September 28, 2020.


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