Daseochaeta

Daseochaeta
Daseochaeta viridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Psaphidinae
Genus:	Daseochaeta Warren, 1907
Type species
*Agrioopis viridis Leech, 1889

Daseochaeta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The majority of species of this genus are currently under the valid genus Diphtherocome.

Some species of this genus are:

• Daseochaeta mckeanae Cockerell, 1930 (from Thailand)
• Daseochaeta verbenata Distant 1898
• Daseochaeta viridis (Leech, 1889) (from Japan)

Former species of this genus:

• Daseochaeta autumnalis Chang, 1991 (from Taiwan)
• Daseochaeta brevipennis (from Tibet)
• Daseochaeta metaphaea Hampson 1909 (from W.China)
• Daseochaeta pulchra Wileman, 1912 (from Taiwan)

References

• Markku Savela's ftp.funet.fi
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• [Hreblay, M., & Kononenko, V. S. (1999). The Chinese species of the Diphterocome pallida and D. discibrunnea species-groups (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae) in the collection of the Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie, 7, 669-686.]