''Plusiodonta'' 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 ...
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 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'') ...
erected by
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...
in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. Forewings with somewhat acute apex. The outer margin more or less angled at vein 4. Inner margin with tufts of scales at center and outer angle, the margin being excised between them. Legs smoothly scaled. Antennae bipectinated in male. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.
Species
* ''
Plusiodonta aborta''
Dognin, 1910
* ''
Plusiodonta achalcea''
Hampson, 1926
* ''
Plusiodonta amado
''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in ...
''
Barnes, 1907 (syn: ''Plusiodonta suffusa''
Hill, 1924)
* ''
Plusiodonta arctipennis''
Butler, 1886
* ''
Plusiodonta auripicta''
Moore, 1882
* ''
Plusiodonta basirhabdota''
Hampson, 1926
* ''
Plusiodonta casta''
Butler, 1878
* ''
Plusiodonta chalcomera''
Hampson, 1926
* ''
Plusiodonta clavifera''
Walker, 1868
* ''
Plusiodonta cobaltina''
Viette, 1956
* ''
Plusiodonta coelonota''
Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844
* ''
Plusiodonta commoda
''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...
''
Walker, 1865
* ''
Plusiodonta compressipalpis''
Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852 – moonseed moth
* ''
Plusiodonta cupristria''
Kaye, 1922
* ''
Plusiodonta dimorpha''
Robinson, 1975
* ''
Plusiodonta effulgens''
Edwards, 1884
* ''
Plusiodonta euchalcia''
Hampson, 1926
* ''
Plusiodonta excavata''
Guenée, 1862
* ''
Plusiodonta gueneei''
Viette, 1968
* ''
Plusiodonta incitans
''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...
''
Walker, 1857
* ''
Plusiodonta ionochrota
''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...
''
Hampson, 1926
* ''
Plusiodonta macra
''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...
''
Hampson, 1926
* ''
Plusiodonta malagasy
''Plusiodonta malagasy'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar ...
''
Viette, 1968
* ''
Plusiodonta megista
''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...
''
Hampson, 1926
* ''
Plusiodonta miranda
''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...
''
Schaus, 1911
* ''
Plusiodonta multicolora''
Bethune-Baker, 1906
* ''
Plusiodonta natalensis''
Walker, 1865
* ''
Plusiodonta nictites''
Hampson, 1902
* ''
Plusiodonta nitissima''
Schaus, 1911
* ''
Plusiodonta repellens''
Walker, 1857
* ''
Plusiodonta speciosissima''
Holland, 1894
* ''
Plusiodonta stimulans''
Walker, 1857
* ''
Plusiodonta theresae''
Holloway, 1979
* ''
Plusiodonta thomae''
Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852
* ''
Plusiodonta tripuncta''
Bethune-Baker, 1906
* ''
Plusiodonta wahlbergi''
Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
References
Calpinae
Moth genera
{{Calpinae-stub