''Stauropus'' 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 of the family
Notodontidae
Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, espe ...
first described by
Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1812.
Species
*Subgenus ''Benbowia''
Kiriakoff, 1967
**''
Stauropus callista''
(Schintlmeister, 1997)
**''
Stauropus camilla''
(Schintlmeister, 1997)
**''
Stauropus kiriakoff''
(Holloway, 1983)
**''
Stauropus takamukuanus''
(Matsumura, 1925)
**''
Stauropus virescens''
(Moore, 1879)
*Subgenus ''Chlorostauropus''
Kiriakoff, 1968
**''
Stauropus alternus
''Stauropus alternus'', the lobster caterpillar, lobster moth or crab caterpillar, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in the
north-eastern Himalaya, Sri Lanka, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the southern Moluccas. It wa ...
''
Walker, 1855
**''
Stauropus viridissimus''
Bethune-Baker, 1904
*Subgenus ''Miostauropus''
Kiriakoff, 1964
**''
Stauropus mioides''
(Hampson, 1904)
*Subgenus ''Palaeostauropus''
Okagaki & Nakamura, 1953
**''
Stauropus obliterata''
Wileman & South, 1917
*Subgenus ''Stauropus''
**''
Stauropus abitus''
Kobayashi, M. Wang & Kishida, 2007
**''
Stauropus basalis''
Moore, 1877
**''
Stauropus berberisae''
Moore 1888
**''
Stauropus fagi
The lobster moth (''Stauropus fagi''), also known as lobster prominent, is a moth from the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. The English name refers to the crustacea ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
**''
Stauropus major''
van Eecke, 1929
**''
Stauropus picteti''
Oberthür, 1911
**''
Stauropus sikkimensis
''Stauropus sikkimensis'' is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1865. It is found in Nepal, India, China and Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the ju ...
''
Moore, 1865
**''
Stauropus skoui
''Stauropus'' is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae first described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1812.
Species
*Subgenus ''Benbowia'' Kiriakoff, 1967
**'' Stauropus callista'' (Schintlmeister, 1997)
**'' Stauropus camilla'' (Schintlme ...
''
Schintlmeister, 2008
**''
Stauropus teikichiana
''Stauropus'' is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae first described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1812.
Species
*Subgenus ''Benbowia'' Kiriakoff, 1967
**'' Stauropus callista'' (Schintlmeister, 1997)
**'' Stauropus camilla'' (Schintlme ...
''
Matsumura, 1929
***''Stauropus teikichiana boreas''
Kobayashi & Kishida, 2007
***''Stauropus teikichiana fuscus''
Kobayashi & M. Wang, 2007
***''Stauropus teikichiana notus''
Kobayashi & Kishida, 2007
*Subgenus unknown
**''
Stauropus basinigra''
(Moore, 866
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* April 21 – Bardas, the regent of the Byzantine Empire, is murd ...
References
Notodontidae
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