Biology:Faeculoides

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Short description: Genus of moths

Faeculoides
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Magnina
Genus: Faeculoides
Fibiger, 2008
Synonyms
  • Faecula Fibiger, 2008 (non Slipinski & Lawrence, 1997: preoccupied)

Faeculoides is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2008. Despite containing some long-known species, the genus' distinctness was noted only in 2008.

Initially and briefly, the genus was known as Faecula. That name was earlier given to a genus of cylindrical bark beetles, and the moth genus was soon renamed.

Species

Three species are presently placed here:

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5429305 entry