Mataeomera Explained

Mataeomera is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886.^{[1] [2]} It is considered by some sources to be a synonym of Autoba.^[3]

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Eustrotiinae of the family Noctuidae.

Species

• Mataeomera acrosticha Turner, 1920
• Mataeomera anaemacta Turner, 1920
• Mataeomera biangulata Wileman, 1915
• Mataeomera brevipalpis Turner, 1945
• Mataeomera coccophaga Meyrick, 1887
• Mataeomera dubia Butler, 1886
• Mataeomera duporti de Joannis, 1928
• Mataeomera goniaphora Hampson, 1920
• Mataeomera ligata Lucas, 1895
• Mataeomera melanocephala Wileman & West, 1929
• Mataeomera mesotaenia Turner, 1929
• Mataeomera obliquisigna Hampson, 1894
• Mataeomera porphyris Turner, 1920
• Mataeomera punctilinea Turner, 1945
• Mataeomera renalis Hampson, 1918
• Mataeomera semialba Hampson, 1902
• Mataeomera sumbavensis Hampson, 1910

Notes and References

1. Zahiri. Reza. Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology. 2011. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. etal. free.
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . April 23, 2020 . Mataeomera Butler, 1886 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . September 28, 2020.
3. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Mataeomera Butler, 1886 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . September 28, 2020.