''Hemicephalis'' 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'') ...
. The genus was erected by
Heinrich Benno Möschler
Heinrich Benno Möschler (28 October 1831, in Herrnhut – 21 November 1888, in Kronförstchen, near Bautzen) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
Möschler was a butterfly dealer and a member of the Entomological Society of S ...
in 1890.
Species
* ''
Hemicephalis agenoria''
H. Druce, 1890
* ''
Hemicephalis alesa
''Hemicephalis'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890.
Species
* ''Hemicephalis agenoria'' H. Druce, 1890
* ''Hemicephalis alesa'' H. Druce, 1890
* ''Hemicephalis characteria'' Sto ...
''
H. Druce, 1890
* ''
Hemicephalis characteria''
Stoll, 790
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* '' Hemicephalis grandirena'' Schaus, 1915
* '' Hemicephalis krugii'' Möschler, 1890
* '' Hemicephalis laronia'' H. Druce, 1890
* '' Hemicephalis paulina'' H. Druce, 1889
* '' Hemicephalis phoenicias'' Hampson, 1926
* '' Hemicephalis proserpina'' H. Druce, 1906
* '' Hemicephalis rufipes'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
References
Calpinae
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