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Calymma

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Calymma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Calymma
Hübner, [1823]
Species:
C. communimacula
Binomial name
Calymma communimacula
Synonyms

Generic

  • Oratoscelis Guenée, 1841
  • Horatoscelis Agassiz, [1847]

Specific

  • Noctua communimacula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Thalpochares communimacula cinnamomea Turati, 1911
  • Calymma communimacula gracilis Osthelder, 1933

Calymma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Its single species, Calymma communimacula, was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.[1][2] It is found in central and southern Europe and from Turkey to Transcaucasia and the Middle East.

Taxonomy

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The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Eublemminae of Erebidae or the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (12 February 2012). "Calymma Hübner, [1823]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Calymma communimacula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Eublemminae". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
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