Callicereon

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Callicereon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Amphipyrinae
Genus: Callicereon
Butler, 1882
Species:
C. heterochroa
Binomial name
Callicereon heterochroa
(Mabille, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Deiopeja[ sic ]heterochroaMabille, 1879
  • Callicereon affineButler, 1882

Callicereon is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. Its only species, Callicereon heterochroa, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1879. [1] [2] [3] It is found on Madagascar. [4]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Callicereon". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku (October 17, 2019). "Callicereon Butler, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Callicereon Butler, 1882". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Callicereon heterochroa (Mabille, 1879)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 22, 2020.