Melanchra
Encyclopedia
Melanchra 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
- Melanchra adjuncta (Boisduval, 1852)
- Melanchra assimilis (Morrison, 1874)
- Melanchra diabolica Plante, 1990
- Melanchra dierli Behounek, 1995
- Melanchra granti Warren, 1905
- Melanchra persicariae (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Melanchra picta (Harris, 1841)
- Melanchra postalba Sugi, 1982
- Melanchra pulverulenta (Smith, 1888)