Penthophera | |
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Male Penthophera morio | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Tribe: | Orgyiini |
Genus: | Penthophera Germar, 1812 |
Synonyms | |
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Penthophera is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1812.
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms only include Penthophera morio as a species in this genus. [1] [2] [3]
The genus contains the following four species: [4]
Araeopterella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Araeopterella miscidisce, is found in Panama. Both the genus and species were first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914.
Conicophoria is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Conicophoria formosana, is found in Taiwan. Both the genus and species were first described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1929.
Haplopseustis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Haplopseustis erythrias, is found in Australia where it has been found in the Northern Territory and Queensland. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1902.
Laspeyria is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1810.
Scoliopteryx is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1810.
Sophta is a genus of moths of the subfamily Boletobiinae of the family Erebidae. This genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Epeuproctis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Epeuproctis tamahonis, is found in Taiwan. Both the genus and species were first described by Shōnen Matsumura, the genus in 1933 and the species in 1927.
Imaus is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1879.
Lepidolacipa is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Lepidolacipa venosata, is found in Malawi. Both the genus and the species were first described by Hering in 1926.
Mylantria is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1904. Its only species, Mylantria xanthospila, was first described by Plötz in 1880. It is found in western Africa.
Numenoides is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Numenoides grandis, is found on Madagascar. Both the genus and the species were first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879.
Ocnerogyia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Ocnerogyia amanda, is found in Iran. Both the genus and the species were first described by Staudinger in 1892.
Orithrepta is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Orithrepta edwardsi, is found in Uganda, where it was found on Mount Muhabura. Both the genus and the species were first described by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1939.
Papuaroa is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Papuaroa miccyla, is found in New Guinea where it was found in the Sudirman Range. Both the genus and the species were first described by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1955.
Parapirga is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Parapirga neurabrunnea, is found in Angola. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911.
Penthophera morio is a moth species of subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767.
Soreutoneura is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Soreutoneura daedala, is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and the species were first described by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1930.
Dendrolimus is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1812.
Odonestis is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1812. It consists of twenty-two species, which is found in Europe, Russia, Asia Minor, China and Japan.
Diboma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Pyralidae. Its only species, Diboma abscissalis, is found in Borneo. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1863.