Phytometra Explained

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

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

• Web site: Savela . Markku . Phytometra Haworth, 1809 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . April 8, 2019.

Notes and References

1. Zahiri. Reza. Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology. 2011. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. etal. 37. 102–124. free.
2. Lafontaine. Donald. Schmidt. Christian. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys. 19 Mar 2010. 40 . 26. 10.3897/zookeys.40.414. L&S2010. free. 2010ZooK...40....1L .
3. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Phytometra Haworth, 1809 . Afromoths . April 8, 2019.