Anarta (moth)
Encyclopedia
Anarta 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
- Anarta alta (Barnes & Benjamin, 1942)
- Anarta antica Smith, 1891
- Anarta chartaria (Grote, 1873)
- Anarta columbica (McDunnough, 1930)
- Anarta crotchii (Grote, 1880) (syn: Hadula chunka (Smith, 1910))
- Anarta deceptaAnarta deceptaAnarta decepta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It was described from Colorado and is found along the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada. It was first discovered in Hawaii in light trap catches made in the Pearl Harbor area on Oahu in the autumn of 1947.The wingspan is 28-29...
Grote, 1883 (syn: Anarta postica Smith, 1891) - Anarta edwardsii Smith, 1888
- Anarta farnhami (Grote, 1873)
- Anarta florida (Smith, 1900)
- Anarta fulgora (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
- Anarta fusculenta (Smith, 1891)
- Anarta hamata (McDunnough, 1930)
- Anarta inconcinna Smith, 1888 (=Anarta castrae (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912), Anarta ultra (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924), Anarta montanica (McDunnough, 1930))
- Anarta magna Barnes & Benjamin, 1924
- Anarta mausi Püngeler, 1904
- Anarta melaxantha Kollar, 1849
- Anarta mimuli Behr, 1885
- Anarta mutata (Dod, 1913)
- Anarta myrtilliAnarta myrtilliThe Beautiful Yellow Underwing is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe.The wingspan is 20-22 mm. Adults are on wing between May to August depending on the location. There are probably two generations per year....
– Beautiful Yellow Underwing (Linnaeus, 1761) - Anarta nigrolunataAnarta nigrolunataAnarta nigrolunata is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Arctic and alpine regions of Canada.Anarta melanopa was considered a synonym of Hadula nigrolunata, but Lafontaine and Troubridge state that there are “numerous consistent differences that warrant recognizing them as separate...
Packard, 1867 (sometimes placed in the HadulaHadulaHadula is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.-Species:* Hadula agrotiformis * Hadula anthracina * Hadula arenaria * Hadula armata...
genus) - Anarta oaklandiae (McDunnough, 1937)
- Anarta obesula (Smith, 1904) (=Anarta subalbida (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924))
- Anarta oregonica (Grote, 1881)
- Anarta perpusilla Boisduval, 1829
- Anarta projecta (McDunnough, 1938)
- Anarta sierrae Barnes & McDunnough, 1916