Eurythmus

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Eurythmus
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Eurythmus

Butler, 1886
Species:
E. bryophiloides
Binomial name
Eurythmus bryophiloides
Butler, 1886
Synonyms [1]

Generic

  • AmmophanesTurner, 1932

Specific

  • Ammophanes deserticolaTurner, 1932

Eurythmus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Eurythmus bryophiloides, is found in Australia in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. [2] Both the genus and the species were first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eurythmus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (11 May 2019). "Eurythmus bryophiloides Butler, 1886". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. Savela, Markku (15 June 2019). "Eurythmus Butler, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eurythmus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 18 December 2019.