Phytometra

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Phytometra
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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]

References

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  3. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Phytometra Haworth, 1809". Afromoths. Retrieved April 8, 2019.