Phytometra

Phytometra is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809.

Phytometra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Boletobiinae
Genus:	Phytometra Haworth, 1809
Synonyms
Nanthilda Blanchard, 1840 Prothymia Hübner, 1823 Prothymnia Leraut, 1997 Pseudomicra Butler, 1892 Pyralidesthes Warren, 1913

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.[1][2]

Species

Some species of this genus are:[3]

• Phytometra africana (Snellen, 1872)
• Phytometra apicata Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
• Phytometra carnea (Prout A. E., 1922)
• Phytometra coniota (Hampson, 1926)
• Phytometra curvifera (Hampson, 1926)
• Phytometra duplicalis (Walker, 1866)
• Phytometra ernestinana Blanchard, 1840 – Ernestine's moth
• Phytometra euchroa Hampson, 1918
• Phytometra formosalis Walker, 1866
• Phytometra haemaceps (Hampson, 1910)
• Phytometra haematoessa (Hampson, 1910)
• Phytometra helesusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Phytometra heliriusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Phytometra hypopsamma (Hampson, 1926)
• Phytometra laevis Swinhoe, 1901
• Phytometra lentistriata (Hampson, 1910)
• Phytometra luna Zerny, 1927
• Phytometra magalium (Townsend, 1958)
• Phytometra nigrogemmea Romieux, 1943
• Phytometra nyctichroa (Hampson, 1926)
• Phytometra obliqualis Dyar, 1912
• Phytometra orgiae Grote, 1875
• Phytometra olivescens (Hampson, 1910)
• Phytometra opsiphora (Hampson, 1926)
• Phytometra ossea (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Phytometra pentheus (Fawcett, 1916)
• Phytometra pyralomima (Wiltshire, 1961)
• Phytometra rhodopa (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
• Phytometra rhodarialis Walker, 1859 – pink-bordered yellow moth
• Phytometra sacraria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Phytometra sanctiflorentis Boisduval, 1834
• Phytometra signifera (Hampson, 1926)
• Phytometra silona (Schaus, 1893)
• Phytometra subflavalis (Walker, 1865)
• Phytometra umbrifera (Hampson, 1910)
• Phytometra viridaria Clerck, 1759 – small purple-barred
• Phytometra zotica (Viette, 1956)

References

1. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
2. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Phytometra Haworth, 1809". Afromoths. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

• Savela, Markku. "Phytometra Haworth, 1809". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 8, 2019.