Biology:Schizura

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Short description: Genus of moths

Schizura
Schizura badia - inat 2510351.jpg
Schizura badia, Maine
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Heterocampinae
Genus: Schizura
Doubleday, 1841

Schizura is a genus of prominent moths in the family Notodontidae. There are about eight described species in Schizura.[1][2]

Some species in this genus have been transferred to the genera Coelodasys and Oedemasia as a result of research published in 2021.[3]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Schizura:

  • Schizura badia (Packard, 1864) (chestnut schizura)
  • Schizura biedermani Barnes & McDunnough, 1911
  • Schizura ipomaeae Doubleday, 1841 (morning-glory prominent)
  • Schizura madara Schaus, 1939
  • Schizura manca Schaus, 1912
  • Schizura matheri Miller & Franclemont, 2021
  • Schizura obligata (Dyar, 1919)
  • Schizura pelialis Schaus, 1937

References

  1. "Schizura Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=117521. 
  2. "Schizura genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/234. 
  3. Miller, James S.; Wagner, David L.; Opler, Paul A.; Lafontaine, J. Donald (2021). The Moths of North America, Fascicle 22.1B, Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion). Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 978-0979663352. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3475405 entry