Ocnogyna

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by William Avery (talk | contribs) at 20:14, 6 October 2016 (Taxonomy per existing page categorisation). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Ocnogyna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Ocnogyna
Lederer, 1853
Type species
Chelonia zoraida
De Graslin, [1837] 1836
Synonyms
  • Pachylischia Rambur, 1866
  • Nototrachus Rambur, 1866
  • Somatrichia Kirby, 1892

Ocnogyna is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family from Western Eurasia. One aberrant species, Ocnogyna parasita, has females with non-functional wings, and because of this was formerly placed in its own genus Somatrichia, but is now in Ocnogyna.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ "Fauna Europaea catalog". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2012-09-11.