Mentaxya | |
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M. albifrons in South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subfamily: | Noctuinae |
Genus: | Mentaxya Geyer, 1837 |
Mentaxya is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Epizootic and parasitic fungus Batkoa apiculata has been found on moth, Mentaxya muscosa in Africa. [1]
Some species of this genus are: [2]
Achaea is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1923.
Acrapex is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1894.
Athetis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Callopistria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Iambia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Euplexia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Stephens in 1829.
Eutelia is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Feliniopsis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Nyodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Bernard Laporte in 1970. Most species occur in Africa.
Ochropleura is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Odontestra is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Ophiusa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Sciomesa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Willie Horace Thomas Tams and J. Bowden in 1953.
Spodoptera is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms. The roughly thirty species are distributed across six continents.