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Palthis

Palthis is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

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Palthis
Palthis angulalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Palthis
Hübner, 1825

Palthis is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.123

Species

  • Palthis aeacalis Schaus, 1913
  • Palthis agroteralis (Guenée, 1854)
  • Palthis angulalis (Hübner, 1796) – dark-spotted palthis moth
  • Palthis angustipennis Schaus, 1916
  • Palthis argenteicincta Dognin, 1914
  • Palthis asopialis (Guenée, 1854) – faint-spotted palthis moth
  • Palthis auca Möschler, 1880
  • Palthis bizialis (Walker, 1859)
  • Palthis calcabilis Dognin, 1914
  • Palthis calcalis Schaus, 1906
  • Palthis eubaealis Schaus, 1913
  • Palthis hieronymus Schaus, 1913
  • Palthis incuriosa Dyar, 1914
  • Palthis lineata Schaus, 1913
  • Palthis misantlalis Schaus, 1916
  • Palthis mophisalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Palthis obliqualis Dognin, 1914
  • Palthis oconequensis Dognin, 1914
  • Palthis orasiusalis Walker, 1859
  • Palthis phocionalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Palthis serapealis Schaus, 1916
  • Palthis spectalis (Guenée, 1854)
  • Palthis submarginata Schaus, 1913
References

References

  1. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (March 19, 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Palthis Hübner, 1825". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 28, 2020.