Argyrolepidia
Encyclopedia
Argyrolepidia 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
- Argyrolepidia aequalis (Walker, [1865])
- Argyrolepidia aethria Turner, 1908
- Argyrolepidia aurea Jordan, 1903
- Argyrolepidia comma Talbot, 1929
- Argyrolepidia concisa Jordan, 1912
- Argyrolepidia fracta (Rothschild, 1899)
- Argyrolepidia goldiei (Druce, 1894)
- Argyrolepidia inconspicua (Rothschild, 1896)
- Argyrolepidia lunaris Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
- Argyrolepidia megisto (Boisduval, 1832)
- Argyrolepidia mutans (Rothschild, 1901)
- Argyrolepidia novaehiberniae (Boisduval, 1832)
- Argyrolepidia palaea Rothschild, 1905
- Argyrolepidia pamphila (Stoll, [1781])
- Argyrolepidia resplendens (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
- Argyrolepidia restrictus (Rothschild, 1897)
- Argyrolepidia thoracophora (Turner, 1920)
- Argyrolepidia unimacula Lower, 1903