Idopterum

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Idopterum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Genus: Idopterum
Hampson, 1894
Synonyms [1]

Ammatho (Idopterum)Hampson, 1894

Idopterum is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1894. [1] [2] Alternatively, Idopterum has been interpreted as a subgenus of Ammatho Walker, 1855. [3] [4] [5] It is distributed in Indochina, Java, and the Bismarck Archipelago. [4] [5]

Species

There are four recognized species within this genus [1] or subgenus: [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Idopterum Hampson, 1894". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.217. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Huang, Si-Yao; Volynkin, Anton V.; Miao, Zhi-Peng; Tan, Shun-Yun; Wang, Min; Fan, Xiao-Ling (2021). "Molecular phylogeny and classification of Nudariina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) with emphasis on the genera Barsine Walker, Ammatho Walker and Ovipennis Hampson" . Systematic Entomology. 46: 1045–1059. doi:10.1111/syen.12509.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Ammatho Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 Volynkin, Anton V.; Huang, Si-Yao; Ivanova, Maria S. (2019). "An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Part 1. Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato, Asura Walker, 1854 and related genera, with descriptions of twenty new genera, ten new subgenera and a check list of taxa of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex". Ecologica Montenegrina. 26: 14–92. doi: 10.37828/em.2019.26.3 .
  5. 1 2 3 Huang, Si-Yao; Volynkin, Anton V.; Wang, Min; Fan, Xiao-Ling (2020). "A new species of the subgenus Idopterum Hampson, 1894 of the genus Ammatho Walker, 1855 from China (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), with redefinition of the subgenus Idopterum". Zootaxa. 4885 (2): 271–276. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4885.2.9.


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