''Polypogon'' is a
genus of
litter moths 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
Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.
In the past, ''
Zanclognatha
''Zanclognatha'' is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Julius Lederer in 1857.
Taxonomy
''Zanclognatha'' was considered synonym of ''Polypogon'' in 1989. It became its own genus in 1991, but then became a ...
'' species were included in ''Polypogon''.
Species
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Polypogon caffrarium''
(Möschler, 1883)
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Polypogon fractale
''Polypogon'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known beard grass or rabbitsfoot grass.
Description
''Polypogon'' species vary in appearance; some are erect, while others drape over the ground in waves. Ma ...
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(Guenée, 1854)
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Polypogon fractalis''
(Guenée, 1854)
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Polypogon gryphalis
''Polypogon'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known beard grass or rabbitsfoot grass.
Description
''Polypogon'' species vary in appearance; some are erect, while others drape over the ground in waves. Ma ...
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(Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
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Polypogon lunalis
''Polypogon'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known beard grass or rabbitsfoot grass.
Description
''Polypogon'' species vary in appearance; some are erect, while others drape over the ground in waves. Ma ...
''
(Scopoli, 1763)
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Polypogon malhama
''Polypogon'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known beard grass or rabbitsfoot grass.
Description
''Polypogon'' species vary in appearance; some are erect, while others drape over the ground in waves. Ma ...
''
(Hacker, 2011)
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Polypogon plumigeralis
''Polypogon plumigeralis'', the plumed fan-foot, is a species of litter moth of the family Erebidae found in Africa, Asia and Europe. It was first described by the German entomologist Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Technical description and variation
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(Hübner, 1825)
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Polypogon saldaitis
''Polypogon'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known beard grass or rabbitsfoot grass.
Description
''Polypogon'' species vary in appearance; some are erect, while others drape over the ground in waves. Ma ...
''
(Hacker, 2011)
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Polypogon strigilatus
''Pechipogo strigilata'', the common fan-foot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found throughout Europe to the Urals then east across the Palearctic to Siberia, Amur, Ussuri, Korea and Japan.
T ...
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(Linnaeus, 1758) – common fan-foot
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Polypogon tentacularia
''Polypogon tentacularia'' is a species of litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is found in Europe.
The wingspan is about . The moth flies fr ...
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Polypogon yemenitica
''Polypogon'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known beard grass or rabbitsfoot grass.
Description
''Polypogon'' species vary in appearance; some are erect, while others drape over the ground in waves. Ma ...
''
(Hacker, 2011)
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Polypogon zammodia
''Polypogon'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known beard grass or rabbitsfoot grass.
Description
''Polypogon'' species vary in appearance; some are erect, while others drape over the ground in waves. Ma ...
''
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
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Polypogon zelleralis
''Polypogon'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known beard grass or rabbitsfoot grass.
Description
''Polypogon'' species vary in appearance; some are erect, while others drape over the ground in waves. Ma ...
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(Wocke, 1850)
References
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Herminiinae
Moth genera
{{Herminiinae-stub