Biology:Xanthomera

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Xanthomera
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Genus:
Xanthomera

Hampson, 1914
Species:
X. leucoglene
Binomial name
Xanthomera leucoglene
(Mabille, 1880)
Synonyms

Generic

  • Xanthozona Hampson, 1910

Specific

  • Erastria leucoglene
  • Metachrostis robusta (Saalmüller, 1891)

Xanthomera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1914. Its only species, Xanthomera leucoglene, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found in central, southern and eastern Africa and on Madagascar .[1][2][3][4]

Its wingspan is 18 mm.[5]

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Xanthomera leucoglene (Mabille, 1880)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/XANTLEUC. 
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Xanthomera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=273572. 
  3. Savela, Markku, ed (October 26, 2019). "Xanthomera Hampson, 1914". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/boletobiinae/xanthomera/. 
  4. Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Xanthomera Hampson, 1914". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=30584.0. 
  5. Saalmüller, Max (1892). "Lepideptoren von Madagaska". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. page 353, ref. 677.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4118958 entry