Biology:Phaegoptera

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Short description: Genus of moths

Phaegoptera
Phaegoptera decrepida cropped.jpg
Phaegoptera decrepida
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Phaegoptera
Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]

Phaegoptera is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was proposed by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.[1]

Species


Former species

  • Phaegoptera picturata (Burmeister, 1878)
  • Phaegoptera superba (Druce, 1911)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7180015 entry