Phosphila
Encyclopedia
Phosphila 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
- Phosphila cinerea (Sepp, [1829])
- Phosphila dogmatica (Dyar, 1916)
- Phosphila fernae (Benjamin, 1933)
- Phosphila lacruma (Schaus, 1894)
- Phosphila miselioides (Guenée, 1852)
- Phosphila turbulenta Hübner, 1818
- Phosphila ursipes Hübner, 1823
- Phosphila xylophila (Walker, 1858)