''Callistege'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
.
Taxonomy
The genus was considered a subgenus of ''
Euclidia
''Euclidia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Callistege'' was previously included as a subgenus of ''Euclidia''.
Species
* Subgenus ''Euclidia''
** ''Euclidia ardita'' Franclemont, 1957 – erebid moth
** ''Eucl ...
'' by some authors but has been reinstated as a genus.
Species
*''
Callistege diagonalis''
Dyar, 1898
*''
Callistege fortalitium''
Tauscher, 1809
*''
Callistege futilis''
Staudinger, 1897
*''
Callistege intercalaris
''Callistege intercalaris'' Poole, R. W. (1989). CRC Press. , is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Arizona to Texas.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ot ...
''
Grote, 1882
*''
Callistege mi
''Callistege mi'', the Mother Shipton moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was classified by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759, and is also known under the name of ''Euclidia mi''. In Finnish it is known as ''piirtoyökkönen'' and in German a ...
''
(Clerck, 1759)
*''
Callistege regia''
Staudinger, 1888
*''
Callistege triangula
''Callistege triangula'' is a moth of the family Erebidae species description, first described by William Barnes (entomologist), William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from A ...
''
Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
References
*
Euclidiini
Moth genera
{{Euclidiini-stub