Strathocles

Strathocles
Male S. ribbei
Female S. imitata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Herminiinae
Genus:	Strathocles H. Druce, 1891
Type species
Strathocles ribbei H. Druce, 1891

Strathocles is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Taxonomy

Strathocles was circumscribed by Herbert Druce in Biologia Centrali-Americana . He initially included two species, both described in the same work: S. ribbei, which Druce designated as the genus's type species, and S. imitata. ^[1]

Species

As of 2017 ^[update] , GBIF recognizes the following species: ^[2]

• Strathocles albipulla Dognin, 1914
• Strathocles funebris Schaus, 1912
• Strathocles imitata H. Druce, 1891
• Strathocles magnipilosa Dognin, 1923
• Strathocles parvipulla Dognin, 1914
• Strathocles pulla Dognin, 1914
• Strathocles punctiuncula Dognin, 1914
• Strathocles ribbei H. Druce, 1891

References

1. Druce, Herbert (1891). "Strathocles, gen. nov.". Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera. Vol. I. (Text). Biologia Centrali-Americana. pp. 451–452.
2. "Strathocles ". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 20 October 2017.