Phobetron | |
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Phobetron pithecium, hag moth | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Limacodidae |
Genus: | Phobetron Hübner, 1825 |
Phobetron is a genus of slug caterpillar moths in the family Limacodidae. There are at least four described species in Phobetron, found in North, Central, and South America. [1] [2] [3]
These four species belong to the genus Phobetron:
Homolagoa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Homolagoa grotelliformis, is found in North America. Both the genus and species were first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912.
Phlyctaina is a monotypic litter moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Phlyctaina irrigualis, is found in North America. Both the genus and species were first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890.
Cymatophora is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1812. Its only species, Cymatophora approximaria, the giant gray moth, was described by the same author in the same year. It is found mostly in the southeastern United States. It is found in North America.
Eumacrodes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1905. Its only species, Eumacrodes yponomeutaria, first described by Achille Guenée in 1858, is found in the Caribbean and North America.
Hemimorina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Hemimorina dissociata, is found in North America. Both the genus and species were first described by McDunnough in 1941.
Holochroa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Holochroa dissociarius, is found in North America. The species was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887 and he described the genus nine years later in 1896.
Plataea is a genus of geometrid moths in the family Geometridae. There are about 11 described species in Plataea.
Snowia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Snowia montanaria, is known from North America. Both the genus and species were first described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1884. It is found in North America.
Pseudhapigia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae. Its only species, Pseudhapigia brunnea, is found in North America including its type location in Guadalajara, Mexico. The genus and species were first described by William Schaus in 1901.
Didugua is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae. Its only species, Didugua argentilinea, the silvered prominent, is found in North America. Both the genus and species were first described by Herbert Druce in 1891.
Adoneta is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae. There are at least four described species in Adoneta.
Petrophora subaequaria, the northern petrophora, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1860 and is found in North America.
Lithacodes is a genus of slug caterpillar moths in the family Limacodidae. There are about five described species in Lithacodes.
Lithariapteryx is a genus of sun moths in the family Heliodinidae. There are at least four described species in Lithariapteryx.
Lethe creola, the creole pearly-eye, is a species of brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found it the United States from North Carolina and central Georgia west to eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas. Some authorities include this species in the genus Enodia as Enodia creola.
Glena interpunctata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1917. It is found in North America.
Calledapteryx is a monotypic scoopwing moth genus in the family Uraniidae. Its only species, Calledapteryx dryopterata, the brown scoopwing moth, is found in the eastern United States. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1868.
Chiricahua is a genus of geometrid moths in the family Geometridae. There are at least two described species in Chiricahua.
Psaliodes fervescens is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1920. It is found in Central America.
Prolimacodes is a genus of saddleback caterpillars in the moth family Limacodidae. The genus was erected by William Schaus in 1896. There are at least seven described species in Prolimacodes, found in North and Central America.
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