Laspeyria
- "Laspeyresia" redirects here. As invalidly established by J. Hübner in 1825, this refers to the tortrix moth genus Cydia.
| Laspeyria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Boletobiinae |
| Genus: | Laspeyria Germar, 1810 |
| Synonyms | |
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Aventia Duponchel, 1829 | |
Laspeyria is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the Catocalinae or Calpinae subfamilies within either the Erebidae or Noctuidae families.
Selected species
- Laspeyria flexula - Beautiful Hook-Tip Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
References
- ↑ Zahiri, Reza et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.