Argyrosticta Explained

Argyrosticta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821.^{[1] [2]}

Selected species

• Argyrosticta amoenita (Stoll, [1780]) Panama, Suriname
• Argyrosticta aurifundens (Walker, 1858) Mexico, Panama, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grand do Sul)
• Argyrosticta bellinita (Guenée, 1852) Panama, Brazil (Pernambuco)
• Argyrosticta decumana (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Brazil (São Paulo, Paraña)
• Argyrosticta ditissima (Walker, [1858]) Honduras, Trinidad, French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas, Para, Parana), Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay
• Argyrosticta eubotes (H. Druce, 1903) Colombia, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
• Argyrosticta eurysaces (Schaus, 1914)^[3]
• Argyrosticta meres (H. Druce, 1903) Colombia, Ecuador, British Guiana, Brazil (Parana)
• Argyrosticta panamensis (H. Druce, 1889) Panama
• Argyrosticta phraortes (H. Druce, 1903) Peru, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
• Argyrosticta scione (H. Druce, 1903) Colombia
• Argyrosticta vauaurea (Hampson, 1908) Trinidad, Guyana
• Argyrosticta venatrix (Stoll, [1782]) Suriname

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . May 29, 2019 . Argyrosticta Hübner, [1821] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . December 17, 2019.
2. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Argyrosticta Hübner, 1821 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . October 14, 2020.
3. J. Bolling . Sullivan . J. Donald . Lafontaine . amp . 2011 . New synonymies and combinations in Argyrostrotis Hübner (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae, Poaphilini) . ZooKeys . 149 . 107–116 . 10.3897/zookeys.149.2347. 22207798 . 3234413 . free.