''Scoliopteryx'' 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
Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1810.
Species
* ''
Scoliopteryx libatrix
The herald (''Scoliopteryx libatrix'') is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is found throughout the Palearctic and Nearctic
The Nearctic re ...
''
Linnaeus, 1758 – the herald
* ''
Scoliopteryx aksuana''
Sheljuzhko, 1955
References
Scoliopteryginae
Noctuoidea genera
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