''Falcatula'' 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
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, bu ...
erected by
Robert Herbert Carcasson
Robert Herbert Carcasson (5 December 1918, in Cheltenham, UK – 23 September 1982, in Victoria, B.C., Canada) was an English entomologist who specialised in butterflies, but also authored two field guides to tropical fishes. He joined the Coryndon ...
in 1968.
Species
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Falcatula cymatodes''
Rothschild & Jordan, 1912
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Falcatula falcatus''
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
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Falcatula penumbra''
(Clark 1936)
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Falcatula svaricki''
Haxaire & Melichar, 2008
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Falcatula tamsi''
Carcasson, 1968
References
Smerinthini
Moth genera
Taxa named by Robert Herbert Carcasson
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