''Phytometra'' 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 ...

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 described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within

or in the subfamily

Calpinae The Calpinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. This subfamily includes many species of moths that have a pointed and barbed proboscis adapted to piercing the skins of fruit to feed on ju ...

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 ...

Species

Some species of this genus are: * '' Phytometra africana'' (Snellen, 1872) * ''

Phytometra apicata ''Phytometra apicata'' is a moth in the family Erebidae described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough James Halliday McDunnough (10 May 1877 – 23 February 1962) was a Canadian linguist, musician, and entomologist best known for ...

'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1916 * '' Phytometra carnea'' (Prout A. E., 1922) * '' Phytometra coniota'' (Hampson, 1926) * '' Phytometra curvifera'' (Hampson, 1926) * '' Phytometra duplicalis'' (Walker, 1866) * ''

Phytometra ernestinana ''Phytometra ernestinana'', Ernestine's moth, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia (U.S. State), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Lo ...

'' Blanchard, 1840 – Ernestine's moth * '' Phytometra euchroa'' Hampson, 1918 * '' Phytometra formosalis'' Walker, 1866 * ''

Phytometra haemaceps ''Phytometra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae of ...

'' (Hampson, 1910) * ''

Phytometra haematoessa ''Phytometra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae o ...

'' (Hampson, 1910) * '' Phytometra helesusalis'' (Walker, 1859) * ''

Phytometra heliriusalis ''Phytometra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae o ...

'' (Walker, 1859) * '' Phytometra hypopsamma'' (Hampson, 1926) * ''

Phytometra laevis ''Phytometra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae o ...

'' Swinhoe, 1901 * ''

Phytometra lentistriata ''Phytometra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae o ...

'' (Hampson, 1910) * ''

Phytometra luna ''Phytometra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae o ...

'' Zerny, 1927 * ''

Phytometra magalium ''Phytometra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae o ...

'' (Townsend, 1958) * ''

Phytometra nigrogemmea ''Phytometra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae o ...

'' Romieux, 1943 * ''

Phytometra nyctichroa ''Phytometra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae o ...

'' (Hampson, 1926) * ''

Phytometra obliqualis ''Phytometra obliqualis'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Phytometra obliqualis'' is List of moths of North America (MONA 8322–11233), 8483. References Further readi ...

'' Dyar, 1912 * ''

Phytometra orgiae ''Phytometra orgiae'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Ronald W. Hodges, is part of a numbering syste ...

'' Grote, 1875 * ''

Phytometra olivescens ''Phytometra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae o ...

'' (Hampson, 1910) * ''

Phytometra opsiphora ''Phytometra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae o ...

'' (Hampson, 1926) * '' Phytometra ossea'' (Saalmüller, 1891) * '' Phytometra pentheus'' (Fawcett, 1916) * '' Phytometra pyralomima'' (Wiltshire, 1961) * '' Phytometra rhodopa'' (Bethune-Baker, 1911) * ''

Phytometra rhodarialis ''Phytometra rhodarialis'', the pink-bordered yellow, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found from southern Ontario in Canada and Missouri and New Hampshire in the United States, ...

'' Walker, 1859 – pink-bordered yellow moth * ''

Phytometra sacraria ''Phytometra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae o ...

'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) * '' Phytometra sanctiflorentis'' Boisduval, 1834 * '' Phytometra signifera'' (Hampson, 1926) * '' Phytometra silona'' (Schaus, 1893) * '' Phytometra subflavalis'' (Walker, 1865) * '' Phytometra umbrifera'' (Hampson, 1910) * ''

Phytometra viridaria ''Phytometra viridaria'', the small purple-barred, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759. It is found in central and southern Europe, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Armenia, ...

'' Clerck, 1759 – small purple-barred * '' Phytometra zotica'' (Viette, 1956)

References

* Boletobiinae Noctuoidea genera {{boletobiinae-stub