Biology:Conicophoria

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Short description: Genus of moths

Conicophoria
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Conicophoria

Matsumura, 1929
Species:
C. formosana
Binomial name
Conicophoria formosana
Matsumura, 1929
Synonyms
  • Sesamia nigropunctata (Wileman, 1912)
  • Archanara nigropunctata Wileman, 1912

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.[1][2]

Taxonomy

Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives this name as a synonym of Sesamia Guenée, 1852.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5161040 entry