Africalpe
Encyclopedia
Africalpe is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Africalpe intrusaAfricalpe intrusaAfricalpe intrusa is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, parts of Israel, eastern and north-eastern Africa and the Western Sahara....
Krüger, 1939 - Africalpe nubiferaAfricalpe nubiferaAfricalpe nubifera is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in India....
Hampson, 1907 - Africalpe vagabundaAfricalpe vagabundaAfricalpe vagabunda is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Pakistan and Egypt....
Swinhoe, 1884