Allophyes
Encyclopedia
Allophyes is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Allophyes albithorax (Draudt, 1950)
- Allophyes alfaroi Agenjo, 1951
- Allophyes asiatica (Staudinger, 1892)
- Allophyes benedictina (Staudinger, 1892)
- Allophyes corsica (Spuler, 1905)
- Allophyes cretica Pinker & Reisser, 1978
- Allophyes heliocausta Boursin, 1957
- Allophyes metaxys Boursin, 1953
- Allophyes miaoli Hreblay & Kobayashi, 1997
- Allophyes oxyacanthaeAllophyes oxyacanthaeThe Green-brindled Crescent is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The moth flies from September to November depending on the location....
– Green-Brindled Crescent (Linnaeus, 1758) - Allophyes powelli Rungs, 1952
- Allophyes renalis (Wiltshire, 1941)
- Allophyes sericina Ronkay, Varga & Hreblay, 1998
- Allophyes yuennana Hreblay & Ronkay, 1997