Catabenoides

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Catabenoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Oncocnemidinae
Genus: Catabenoides
Poole in Becker and Miller, 2002

Catabenoides is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.[1] The genus was proposed in 2002 to include five species from the seven that were previously associated with the genus Catabena; it has since expanded to 14 species. It is a New World genus and xerophytic, found throughout the southern United States through Mexico and further south into Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina.[1]

Species[edit]

The following is a partial list of species:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Becker, Vitor O. (November 2021). "The New World Oncocnemidinae Genus Catabenoides Poole (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 75 (4): 259–279. doi:10.18473/lepi.75i4.a5. ISSN 0024-0966.