''Phyprosopus'' 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
Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who described over 1,000 species of butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columbus, OH: Published by the author ...
in 1872.
Species
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Phyprosopus albigutta''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1868) Cuba
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Phyprosopus calligrapha''
Hampson, 1926 Texas in the US
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Phyprosopus callitrichoides''
Grote, 1872 New York to Texas in the US
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Phyprosopus ergodan''
(Dyar, 1921) Guatemala
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Phyprosopus fastigiata''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1868) Cuba
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Phyprosopus intertribulus''
(Dyar, 1921) Cuba
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Phyprosopus pardan''
(Dyar, 1921) Cuba
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Phyprosopus parthenope''
(Schaus, 1913) Costa Rica
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Phyprosopus tristriga''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1868) Cuba
References
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Catocalinae
Moth genera
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