''Euaontia'' 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 of 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 has previously been classified in the subfamily
Phytometrinae
The Boletobiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae, containing about 956 species. The taxon was described by Achille Guenée in 1858.
Taxonomy
Phylogenetic analysis has determined that several subfamilies of the family Erebidae t ...
within
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'') ...
or in the subfamily
Acontiinae
Acontiinae is a subfamily of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae. There are more than 50 genera and 430 described species in Acontiinae, found worldwide in temperate and tropical climates.
Genera
These 52 genera belong to the subfamily ...
of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
.
Species
* ''
Euaontia clarki''
Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
* ''
Euaontia semirufa
''Euaontia semirufa'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was species description, first described by William Barnes (entomologist), William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1910 and it is found in North America.
The MONA or H ...
''
Barnes & McDunnough, 1910
References
''Euaontia''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Boletobiinae
Noctuoidea genera
Taxa named by William Barnes (entomologist)
Taxa named by James Halliday McDunnough
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