Biology:Hormoschista

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Short description: Genus of moths

Hormoschista
Hormoschista latipalpis (30201660197).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hormoschista
Möschler, 1890
Species:
H. latipalpis
Binomial name
Hormoschista latipalpis
(Walker, 1858)

Hormoschista is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890. Its single species, Hormoschista latipalpis, the double-lined brown moth, was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in eastern North America and the Caribbean.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.[3][4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10768482 entry