''Mentaxya'' 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
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
.
Epizootic and parasitic fungus ''
Batkoa apiculata'' has been found on moth, ''Mentaxya muscosa'' in Africa.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
afromoths
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*'' Mentaxya albifrons'' (Geyer, 1837)
*'' Mentaxya arabica'' Wiltshire, 1980
*'' Mentaxya atritegulata'' (Hampson, 1902)
*'' Mentaxya basilewskyi'' (Berio, 1955)
*'' Mentaxya bergeri'' (Berio, 1955)
*'' Mentaxya bruneli'' Laporte, 1975
*'' Mentaxya camerunensis'' Laporte, 1973
*'' Mentaxya comorana'' Viette, 1960
*'' Mentaxya cumulata'' (Walker, 1865)
*'' Mentaxya dallolmoi'' Berio, 1972
*'' Mentaxya fletcheri'' (Berio, 1955)
*'' Mentaxya fouqueae'' Laporte, 1974
*'' Mentaxya grisea'' Laporte, 1973
*'' Mentaxya ignicollis'' (Walker, 1857)
*'' Mentaxya ikondae'' Berio, 1972
*'' Mentaxya inconstans'' Laporte, 1984
*'' Mentaxya indigna'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
*'' Mentaxya lacteifrons'' Laporte, 1984
*'' Mentaxya leroyi'' (Berio, 1955)
*'' Mentaxya minor'' Berio, 1977
*''Mentaxya muscosa
''Mentaxya'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Epizootic
In epizoology, an epizootic (from Greek: ''epi-'' upon + ''zoon'' animal) is a disease event in a nonhuman animal population analogous to an epidemic in humans. An epizootic ...
'' Geyer, 1837
*'' Mentaxya nigromaculata'' Laporte, 1984
*'' Mentaxya nimba'' Laporte, 1972
*'' Mentaxya palmistarum'' (de Joannis, 1932)
*'' Mentaxya percurvata'' (Berio, 1955)
*'' Mentaxya pujoli'' Laporte, 1973
*'' Mentaxya pyroides'' Berio, 1972
*'' Mentaxya quadrata'' Berio, 1974
*'' Mentaxya reninigra'' Laporte, 1977
*'' Mentaxya rimosa'' (Guenée, 1852)
*'' Mentaxya sandrae'' Laporte, 1974
*'' Mentaxya sexalata'' Viette, 1958
*'' Mentaxya strictirena'' Berio, 1974
*'' Mentaxya suffusalis'' Laporte, 1973
*'' Mentaxya thomasi'' Laporte, 1984
*'' Mentaxya torrianii'' Laporte, 1977
*'' Mentaxya trisellata'' Viette, 1958
*'' Mentaxya trisellatoides'' Laporte, 1973
*'' Mentaxya vuattouxi'' Laporte, 1972
References
Noctuinae
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