''Euplocamus'' is a genus 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
Tineidae
Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...
. The genus was erected by
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom ...
in 1809.
The genus includes:
* ''
Euplocamus anthracinalis
''Euplocamus anthracinalis'' is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family (Tineidae), and among these to the subfamily Euplocaminae.
This moth inhabits humid woodland. It is found in the western Palearctic, where it is no ...
''
(Scopoli, 1763)
* ''
Euplocamus cirriger''
Philippi, 1839 (''
taxon inquirendum
In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century.
The term t ...
'')
* ''
Euplocamus ophisa''
(Cramer, 1779)
Obsolete usage
''Euplocamus'' is also an old name for a
genus of pheasants, subsequently subsumed first by ''
Gennceus
Pheasants ( ) are birds of several genera within the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes. Although they can be found all over the world in introduced (and captive) populations, the pheasant genera native range is restricted to Eurasia ...
'', and then by ''
Lophura''.
References
Euplocaminae
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