''Scolecocampa'' 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'') ...
. The genus was erected by
Achille Guenée in 1852.
Taxonomy
The genus was previously 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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Scolecocampa atriluna
''Scolecocampa atriluna'' 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 s ...
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J. B. Smith, 1903
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Scolecocampa atrosignata''
Walker, 1858
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Scolecocampa liburna
''Scolecocampa liburna'', the dead-wood borer, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Geyer in 1837. It is found in the US from southern Wisconsin and Michigan to central New England south to Florida and Texas. ...
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Geyer, 1837
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Scolecocampa pilosa''
Schaus, 1914
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Scolecocampa porrecta''
Walker, 1865
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Scolecocampa tessellata''
Hampson, 1926
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Scolecocampa tripuncta''
Schaus, 1901
References
Scolecocampinae
Moth genera
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