''Prolophota'' 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 erected by George Hampson in 1896.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified 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

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Prolophota pallida ''Prolophota'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse Sc ...

'' Turner, 1936 * ''

Prolophota trigonifera ''Prolophota'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1896. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae. Species * ''Prolophota pallida ...

'' Hampson, 1896

References

* Boletobiinae Noctuoidea genera {{boletobiinae-stub