''Crocinis'' 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 from
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
belonging to the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Drepaninae
Drepaninae are by far the largest subfamily of the Drepanidae moths. While it is usually split into two tribes, Drepanini and Oretini, its internal systematics and phylogeny are not well resolved.
Systematics
The following list is provisional an ...
.
The genus was erected by
Arthur Gardiner Butler
Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders.
Biography
Arthur Gardiner Butl ...
in 1879.
Species
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Crocinis boboa''
Watson, 1965
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Crocinis canescens''
Watson, 1965
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Crocinis felina''
Watson, 1965
*''
Crocinis fenestrata''
Butler, 1879
*''
Crocinis imaitsoana''
Watson, 1965
*''
Crocinis licina''
Watson, 1965
*''
Crocinis prolixa''
Watson, 1965
*''
Crocinis spicata''
Watson, 1965
*''
Crocinis tetrathyra''
(Mabille, 1900)
*''
Crocinis viettei''
Watson, 1965
References
*Butler (1879). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Madagascar, with notes on some of the forms already described". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History''. (5)4:227–246.
*Watson (1965). "A revision of the Ethiopian Drepanidae (Lepidoptera)". ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology'' Supplement 3:1–178, pls. 1–18.
Drepaninae
Drepanidae genera
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