''Faeculoides'' is a
genus
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of
moth
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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'') ...
first described by Michael Fibiger in 2008. Despite containing some long-known
species
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, the genus' distinctness was noted only in 2008.
Initially and briefly, the genus was known as ''Faecula''. That name was earlier given to a genus of
cylindrical bark beetles, and the moth genus was soon renamed.
Species
Three species are presently placed here:
* ''
Faeculoides bifusa''
* ''
Faeculoides plumbifusa''
* ''
Faeculoides leucopis''
References
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Micronoctuini
Noctuoidea genera
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