''Hypsoropha'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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 genus was erected by
Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Species
* ''
Hypsoropha adeona''
Druce, 1889 Mexico
* ''
Hypsoropha argyria''
(Butler, 1879) Brazil (Amazonas)
* ''
Hypsoropha baja''
McCabe, 1992 Baja, Arizona
* ''
Hypsoropha franclemonti''
McCabe, 1992 Bahamas
* ''
Hypsoropha hormos''
Hübner, 1818 New Hampshire, New York - Georgia, Florida - Arizona – small necklace moth
* ''
Hypsoropha monilis''
(Fabricius, 1777) Florida - North Carolina, Illinois, Missouri – large necklace moth
References
Hypocalinae
Noctuoidea genera
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