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Strathocles

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Strathocles
Male S. ribbei
Female S. imitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Strathocles
H. Druce, 1891
Type species
Strathocles ribbei
H. Druce, 1891

Strathocles is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Taxonomy

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Strathocles was circumscribed by Herbert Druce in Biologia Centrali-Americana. He initially included two species, both described in the same work: S. ribbei, which Druce designated as the genus's type species, and S. imitata.[1]

Species

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As of 2017, GBIF recognizes the following species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Druce, Herbert (1891). "Strathocles, gen. nov.". Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera. Vol. I. (Text). Biologia Centrali-Americana. pp. 451–452.
  2. ^ a b "Strathocles ". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 October 2017.