Tiracola
Encyclopedia
Tiracola 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
- Tiracola aureata Holloway, 1989
- Tiracola circularis (Holloway, 1979)
- Tiracola grandirena (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
- Tiracola lilacea Dognin, 1914
- Tiracola magusina Draudt, 1950
- Tiracola minima Prout, 1926
- Tiracola nonconformens Dyar, 1918
- Tiracola plagiataTiracola plagiataThe Cacao Armyworm is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from south-east Asia to the south pacific islands, including the northern two-thirds of Australia....
(Walker, 1857) - Tiracola rufimargo Warren, 1912
- Tiracola tabwemasana Holloway, 1979
- Tiracola versicolor Prout, 1922