Meganephria
Encyclopedia
Meganephria 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
- Meganephria bimaculosaMeganephria bimaculosaThe Double-spot Brocade is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe.The wingspan is 50-58 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October.The larvae feed on Ulmus species....
(Linnaeus, 1767) - Meganephria cinerea (Butler, 1881)
- Meganephria crassa Kobayashi & Owada, 1996
- Meganephria extensa (Butler, 1879)
- Meganephria funesta (Leech, 1889)
- Meganephria kononenkoi Poole, 1989
- Meganephria laxa Kobayashi & Owada, 1996
- Meganephria parki Kononenko & Ronkay, 1998
- Meganephria retinea Gyulai & Ronkay, 1999
- Meganephria splendida Yoshimoto, 1993
- Meganephria tancrei (Graeser, 1888)
- Meganephria weixleri Hreblay & Ronkay, 1997