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Diachrysia chrysitis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subtribe: | Autoplusiina |
Genus: | Diachrysia Hübner, [1821] |
Biston is a genus of large, long-winged moths belonging to the family Geometridae. It is most notable for containing the well-known peppered moth. The genus was first described by William Elford Leach in 1815.
Charles Oberthür was a French entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera. He was the son of François-Charles Oberthür.
Graphium is a genus of mostly tropical swallowtail butterflies commonly known as swordtails, kite swallowtails, or ladies. Native to Eurasia, Africa, and Oceania, the genus is represented by over 100 species. Their colouration is as variable as the habitats they frequent; from rainforest to savannah. Some possess tails which may be long and swordlike, while others lack any hindwing extensions. Graphium species are often sighted at mud puddles.
Aporia, the black-veined whites or blackveins, is a genus of pierid butterflies found in the Palearctic region.
Plusiinae is a smallish subfamily of the moth family Noctuidae. As the Noctuidae appear to be a paraphyletic assemblage, the Plusiinae may eventually be raised to family status.
Diachrysia chrysitis, the burnished brass, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, the Caucasus, Russia, Russian Far East and Siberia. In the south of Europe the range extends to southern Spain, southern Italy and the Balkan peninsula. It is lacking on most of the Greek Islands. In the north it extends into almost to the Arctic circle and far north Russia. In the east the range extends to the Amur region and Japan.
Xanthocosmia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Zosichrysia is a genus or subgenus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It is sometimes treated as a subgenus of Diachrysia. According to Beck, it should be treated as a valid genus.
Metopoceras is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Alloharpina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was described by Wehrli in 1941.
Brabira is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Moore in 1888. Its only species, Brabira artemidora, was first described by Oberthür in 1884. It is commonly found in the north western Sahara where it plays an important part in desert ecology.
Callabraxas is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Diachrysia chryson, the scarce burnished brass, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugen Johann Christoph Esper in 1789. It is found in central and southern Europe, Asia Minor across the Palearctic to Japan.
Iotaphora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Phoenissa is a geometer moth genus in the subfamily Larentiinae.
Perrotia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Ditrigona is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae. The genus was described by Moore in 1888.
Uropyia is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae described by Staudinger in 1892.
Aphantopus is a butterfly genus of the Satyrinae. The genus is confined to the Palearctic.
Cyclidia is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Cyclidiinae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.
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