Phaegorista
Encyclopedia
Phaegorista 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
- Phaegorista agaristoides Boisduval, [1836]
- Phaegorista bicurvata Gaede, 1926
- Phaegorista bisignibasis Prout, 1918
- Phaegorista enarges Tams, 1930
- Phaegorista formosa Butler, 1877
- Phaegorista leucomelas (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
- Phaegorista prouti Joicey & Talbot, 1921
- Phaegorista rubriventris Aurivillius, 1925
- Phaegorista similisPhaegorista similisPhaegorista similis is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including Zaire and Angola....
Walker, 1869 - Phaegorista trialbata Prout, 1918
- Phaegorista xanthosoma Hampson, 1910