Rhanidophora

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Rhanidophora
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Rhanidophora cinctigutta from Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve, South Africa
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Rhanidophora
Wallengren, 1858
Synonyms
  • EnydraWalker, 1862

Rhanidophora is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Wallengren in 1858. [1] [2]

Species

Rhanidophora cinctigutta caterpillar on Thunbergia atriplicifolia in KwaZulu-Natal Rhanidophora cinctigutta caterpillar on Thunbergia atriplicifolia.jpg
Rhanidophora cinctigutta caterpillar on Thunbergia atriplicifolia in KwaZulu-Natal

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Rhanidophora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Rhanidophora Wallengren, 1858". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved May 21, 2020.