''Phaloe'' 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 subfamily
Arctiinae
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
. The genus was erected by
Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, also known as F. E. Guerin, (12 October 1799, in Toulon – 26 January 1874, in Paris) was a French entomologist.
Life and work
Guérin-Méneville changed his surname from Guérin in 1836. He was the author of ...
in 1838.
Species
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Phaloe cruenta''
(Hübner, 1823)
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Phaloe cubana''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1866)
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Phaloe ignita''
(Butler, 870
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Events
By place Europe
* August 8 – Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German forces his half-broth ...
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Phaloe lorzae''
(Boisduval, 1870)
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Phaloe pyste''
Druce, 1885
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Phaloe vespertilio''
Dognin, 1911
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Phaloe vogli''
Daniel, 1966
References
External links
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Arctiinae
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