Phaegoptera Explained

Phaegoptera is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was proposed by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.^[1]

Species

• Phaegoptera albescens Travassos, 1955
• Phaegoptera albimacula (E. D. Jones, 1908)
• Phaegoptera alipioi Travassos, 1955
• Phaegoptera chorima Schaus, 1896
• Phaegoptera decrepida (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Phaegoptera decrepidoides (Rothschild, 1909)
• Phaegoptera depicta (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Phaegoptera discisema (Hampson, 1916)
• Phaegoptera fasciatus (Rothschild, 1909)
• Phaegoptera flavopunctata (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Phaegoptera flavostrigata (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Phaegoptera fusca Travassos, 1955
• Phaegoptera granifera Schaus, 1892
• Phaegoptera hampsoni (Rothschild, 1909)
• Phaegoptera histrionica Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]
• Phaegoptera irregularis (Rothschild, 1916)
• Phaegoptera medionigra (Reich, 1934)
• Phaegoptera nexa (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Phaegoptera ochracea Joicey & Talbot, 1918
• Phaegoptera pseudocatenata Travassos, 1955
• Phaegoptera pulchra Travassos, 1955
• Phaegoptera punctularis (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Phaegoptera schaefferi (Schaus, 1892)
• Phaegoptera sestia (Druce, 1906)

Former species

• Phaegoptera picturata (Burmeister, 1878)
• Phaegoptera superba (Druce, 1911)

References

• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Arctiidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Phaegoptera Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . September 24, 2019.