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Ceryx (moth)

Ceryx is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1863.

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Ceryx
Ceryx anthraciformis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Syntomini
Genus: Ceryx
Wallengren, 1863

Ceryx is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1863.123

The genus was circumscribed in 2022 such that it only contains Afro-tropical species; many former Ceryx species were transferred to the then-revalidated Agaphthora.2 These changes are not (yet) universally adopted3 and the list of species below does not reflect them.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Ceryx Wallengren, 1863". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  2. de Freina, Josef J. & De Prins, W. (2022). "Nomenclatural notes on Ceryx Wallengern, 1863, Trichaea Swinoe, 1892 and Agaphthora Meyrick, 1886 stat. rest. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Syntomiini)". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 132 (2): 89–104 [91].
  3. "Ceryx Wallengren, 1863". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.347. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
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