Properigea
Encyclopedia
Properigea 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
- Properigea albimacula (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
- Properigea continens (H. Edwards, 1885)
- Properigea costa (Barnes & Benjamin, 1923)
- Properigea loculosaProperigea loculosaProperigea loculosa is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in South-Western North America, including Arizona and Mexico.The wingspan is about 25 mm....
(Grote, 1881) - Properigea mephisto (Blanchard, 1968)
- Properigea niveirena (Harvey, 1876)
- Properigea perolivalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
- Properigea seitzi (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
- Properigea suffusa (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
- Properigea tapeta (Smith, 1900)