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''Euclidia'' 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 ''
Callistege ''Callistege'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy The genus was considered a subgenus of ''Euclidia'' by some authors but has been reinstated as a genus. Species *'' Callistege diagonalis'' Dyar, 1898 *'' Callistege fortalitiu ...
'' was previously included as a subgenus of ''Euclidia''.


Species

* Subgenus ''Euclidia'' ** ''
Euclidia ardita ''Euclidia ardita'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from British Columbia south to California. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For examp ...
'' Franclemont, 1957 – erebid moth ** ''
Euclidia consors ''Euclidia consors'' is a 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 ...
'' Butler, 1878 ** ''
Euclidia cuspidea ''Euclidia cuspidea'', the toothed somberwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. It is found in North America from Quebec west to western Alberta, north to the Northwest Territories an ...
'' Hübner, 1818 – toothed somberwing ** ''
Euclidia dentata ''Euclidia dentata'' is a 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 ...
'' Staudinger, 1892 ** ''
Euclidia glyphica The burnet companion moth (''Euclidia glyphica'') is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in most of the Palearctic realm, from Ireland in the west to Mongolia and Siberia in the east and south to the Mediterranean and North Africa. Tech ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – burnet companion ** ''
Euclidia limbosa ''Euclidia limbosa'' is a 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 ...
'' Guenee, 1852 ** ''
Euclidia tarsalis ''Euclidia tarsalis'' is a 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 ...
'' Walker, 1865 ** ''
Euclidia vittata ''Euclidia vittata'' is a 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 ...
'' Philippi, 1860 * Subgenus ''Gonospileia'' Hubner, 1823 ** ''
Euclidia amudarya ''Euclidia amudarya'' is a 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 ...
'' Weisert, 1998 ** ''
Euclidia munita ''Euclidia munita'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found in Ukraine, south-western Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, northern Iran, Afghanistan, China and Mongolia. The ...
'' Hübner, 1813 ** ''
Euclidia triquetra ''Euclidia triquetra'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in south-eastern Europe, as well as Kazakhstan, Anatolia eastern Siberia up to the Pacific Ocean. Its habita ...
'' Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775


References


''Euclidia''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Euclidiini Moth genera {{Euclidiini-stub