Americerura Explained

Americerura is a genus of prominent moths in the family Notodontidae. There are about 17 described species in Americerura. As a result of research published in 2023, these species were transferred from the genus Tecmessa, creating the genus Americerura.

Species

These 17 species belong to Americerura:

• Americerura annulifera (Berg, 1878)
• Americerura argynnis (Schaus, 1901)
• Americerura bratteata (Draudt, 1932)
• Americerura candida (Lintner, 1878)
• Americerura dandon (Druce, 1894)
• Americerura duonumenia (Dyar, 1912)
• Americerura grandis (Schaus, 1901)
• Americerura lancea (Schaus, 1905)
• Americerura presidio (Dyar 1922)
• Americerura purusa (Schaus, 1928)
• Americerura rarata (Walker, 1865)
• Americerura rivera (Schaus, 1901)
• Americerura scitiscripta (Walker, 1865) (black-etched prominent)
• Americerura splendens (Jones, 1908)
• Americerura tehuacana (Draudt, 1932)
• Americerura trigonostigma (Dyar, 1925)
• Americerura xicona (Dyar, 1924)