Tetrisia
Encyclopedia
Tetrisia is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family. The name is a homonym, however, of Tetrisia Walker, 1867, a genus of plataspid bugs
, published four months earlier (Waldkircher et al., 2004).
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. The name is a homonym, however, of Tetrisia Walker, 1867, a genus of plataspid bugs
Plataspididae
Plataspididae are a family of shield bugs native to the Eastern Hemisphere. One species, Megacopta cribraria, has recently become introduced and established in the southeastern United States, where it is a pest of soybeans....
, published four months earlier (Waldkircher et al., 2004).
Species
- Tetrisia florigeraTetrisia florigeraTetrisia florigera is a moth of the Noctuoidea family. It is found in South America, including Costa Rica, Brazil and Colombia. The species was last seen in 1911 and was rediscovered in 2009 in the Veragua Rainforest, in the province of Limón....
Walker, 1867 - Tetrisia tricolorTetrisia tricolorTetrisia tricolor is a moth of the Noctuoidea family. It is found in tropical South America....
Sulzer, 1776