Phytometra

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

Phytometra is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.

Taxonomy

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

Species

Some species of this genus are:[3]

References

  1. Zahiri, Reza et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 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. afromoths
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