Phytometra

Genus of moths

Phytometra

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Subfamily:  | Boletobiinae
Genus:  | Phytometra
Haworth, 1809
Synonyms

* Nanthilda Blanchard, 1840
* Prothymia Hübner, 1823
* Prothymnia Leraut, 1997
* Pseudomicra Butler, 1892
* Pyralidesthes Warren, 1913

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

## Taxonomy

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The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.[1][2]

## Species

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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

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

* Savela, Markku. "Phytometra Haworth, 1809". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

Taxon identifiers

Phytometra|

* Wikidata: Q3198874
* Wikispecies: Phytometra
* AFD: Phytometra
* BioLib: 53330
* BOLD: 5060
* BugGuide: 66942
* ButMoth: 23068.0
* CoL: 92JZJ
* EoL: 68643
* EPPO: 1PYTOG
* Fauna Europaea: 446690
* Fauna Europaea (new): 46bb3021-6d23-4fe8-b30e-2f1b698066b4
* GBIF: 9061491
* iNaturalist: 82548
* Insecta.pro: 1333
* IRMNG: 1349545
* ITIS: 937421
* LepIndex: 287632
* NBN: NHMSYS0000522552
* NCBI: 705977
* Open Tree of Life: 272593
* Taxonomicon: 30990
* ZooBank: 7CE8EA8A-CC4C-4EFB-87FE-C8C60750A053

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