Biology:Cyanohypsa

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Short description: Genus of moths

Cyanohypsa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Cyanohypsa
Giacomelli, 1911
Species:
C. stefanellii
Binomial name
Cyanohypsa stefanellii
Giacomelli, 1911

Cyanohypsa is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae. It contains the single species Cyanohypsa stefanellii, which is found in Argentina . Both the genus and species were first described by Eugenio Giacomelli in 1911; it was historically misclassified, but in 2010 was determined to belong to the subfamily Agaristinae.[1]

References

  1. Becker, Vitor O. (August 2010). "Misplaced Neotropical Agaristinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), with descriptions of new taxa". Zoologia (Curitiba) 27 (4). doi:10.1590/S1984-46702010000400009. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5197466 entry