Gluphisia
Encyclopedia
Gluphisia is a genus
of moth
s of the Notodontidae
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 Notodontidae
Notodontidae
Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,500 known species. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, especially in the New World...
family.
Species
- Gluphisia crenataGluphisia crenataThe Dusky Marbled Brown is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in Europe, east over parts of Russia and China up to Japan.The wingspan is 28-34 mm...
(Esper, 1785) - Gluphisia septentrionis Walker, 1855 (sometimes included as a synonym of crenata)
- Gluphisia wrightii Hy. Edwards, 1886
- Gluphisia avimacula Hudson, 1891
- Gluphisia lintneri (Grote, 1877)
- Gluphisia severa Hy. Edwards, 1886
- Gluphisia oxiana (Djakonov, 1927)