Matopo

Matopo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Amphipyrinae
Genus:	Matopo Distant, 1898
Type species
Matopo typica Distant, 1898
Synonyms
GigaglossaBerio, 1966

Matopo is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by William Lucas Distant in 1898. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

• Matopo actinophora Hampson, 1909 Kenya, Tanzania
• Matopo berhanoui Laporte, 1984 Ethiopia
• Matopo descarpentriesi (Laporte, 1975)
• Matopo giacomellii Dognin, 1916 Argentina
• Matopo heterochroa Hampson, 1916 Somalia
• Matopo inangulata Hampson, 1909 Zimbabwe
• Matopo neotropicalis Jones, 1908 Brazil (Paraná)
• Matopo oberthueri Viette, 1965 Madagascar
• Matopo plurilineata Berio, 1955 Madagascar
• Matopo scutulata Janse, 1938 South Africa
• Matopo selecta (Walker, 1865) Punjab, Bombay, Senegal, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Egypt
• Matopo socotrensis Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010 Sokotra
• Matopo subarida Viette, 1976 Madagascar
• Matopo tamsi Kiriakoff, 1954 Zaire
• Matopo typica Distant, 1898 South Africa, Zimbabwe

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Matopo". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved December 23, 2020.
2. Savela, Markku (October 11, 2019). "Matopo Distant, 1898". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Matopo Distant, 1898". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved December 23, 2020.
4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Matopo Distant, 1898". Afromoths. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

• Distant, W. L. (March 1898). "On a collection of heterocera made in the Transvaal". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1 (3): 218–231. doi:10.1080/00222939808677957. ISSN   0374-5481.