Ommatochila

Ommatochila is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1894.[1]

Ommatochila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Ommatochila
Butler, 1894

Taxonomy

Ommatochila has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.[2][3] The genus is sometimes considered to be a synonym of Abacena.

Species
  • Ommatochila chorrera Schaus, 1916 Panama
  • Ommatochila crassipalpis Schaus, 1916 Venezuela
  • Ommatochila mundula (Zeller, 1872) southern US to Argentina, Antilles
  • Ommatochila plumbealis (Walker, [1866]) Amazonas in Brazil
  • Ommatochila santucca Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
  • Ommatochila stenula Schaus, 1916 Venezuela

References
  1. Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Ommatochila Butler, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  2. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  3. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.


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