Amphoraceras

Amphoraceras
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Ophiusini
Genus:	Amphoraceras Bethune-Baker, 1904
Species:	A. rothschildi
Binomial name
Amphoraceras rothschildi Bethune-Baker, 1904

Amphoraceras is a moth genus of the family Erebidae. The two species of the genus are both endemic to New Guinea (after Zilli, 2018 ^[1] ).

Taxonomy

Both the genus and the type species Amphoraceras rothschildi were first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904. This was a monotypic genus in the family Noctuidae for many years. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Species

• Amphoraceras rothschildi Bethune-Baker, 1904 - New Guinea
• Amphoraceras jordani Zilli, 2018 - New Guinea

References

1. Alberto Zilli (21 December 2018). "Amphoraceras rothschildi and A. jordani sp. n.: two sibling species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)". Fragmenta Entomologica . 50 (2): 77–82. doi:10.4081/FE.2018.301. ISSN   0429-288X. Wikidata   Q104458763.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Amphoraceras​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved December 19, 2019.
3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Amphoraceras Bethune-Baker, 1904". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw . Retrieved December 19, 2019.
4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Amphoraceras rothschildi​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved December 19, 2019.

External links

Papua-Insects.nl