Luperina
Encyclopedia
Luperina 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
- Luperina dayensis Oberthür, 1891
- Luperina diversa (Staudinger, 1891)
- Luperina dumerilii (Duponchel, 1826)
- Luperina farsiensis Fibiger & Zahiri, 2005
- Luperina grzimeki Hacker, 1989
- Luperina imbellis (Staudinger, 1888)
- Luperina jelskii (Oberthür, 1908)
- Luperina kaszabi Boursin, 1967
- Luperina kravchenkoi Fibiger & Müller, 2005
- Luperina kruegeri Turati, 1912
- Luperina lacunosa Kozhantschikov, 1925
- Luperina madeirae Fibiger, 2005
- Luperina nickerlii – Sandhill Rustic (Freyer, 1845)
- Luperina powelli Culot, 1912
- Luperina pseudoderthisa Rothschild, 1914
- Luperina rjabovi (Klyuchko, 1967)
- Luperina rubella (Duponchel, [1838])
- Luperina samnii (Sohn-Rethel, 1929)
- Luperina siegeli Berio, 1986
- Luperina taurica (Klyuchko, 1967)
- Luperina testaceaLuperina testaceaThe Flounced Rustic is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 30–35 mm. The length of the forewings is 14–18 mm. The moth flies in one generation from mid July to early October ....
– Flounced Rustic (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) - Luperina tiberina (Sohn-Rethel, 1929)
Former species
- Luperina enargia is now Resapamea enargia (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
- Luperina innota is now Resapamea innota (Smith, 1908)
- Luperina passer is now Resapamea passer (Guenée, 1852)
- Luperina stipata is now Resapamea stipata (Morrison, 1875)
- Luperina trigona is now Resapamea trigona (Smith, 1902)
- Luperina venosa is now Resapamea venosa (Smith, 1903)