Eutelia
Encyclopedia
Eutelia 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
- Eutelia adoratrix Staudinger, 1892
- Eutelia adulatrix Hübner, 1813
- Eutelia discedens Hacker & Fibiger, 2006
- Eutelia distorta Hampson, 1912
- Eutelia furcata Walker, 1865 (syn: Eutelia distracta Walker, 1865, Eutelia piratica Schaus, 1940, Eutelia pertanda Dyar, 1925)
- Eutelia gaedei Hacker & Fibiger, 2006
- Eutelia pulcherrimus Grote, 1865 (alternative spelling Eutelia pulcherrima)
- Eutelia pyrastis Hampson, 1905