Aporophyla
Encyclopedia
Aporophyla 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
- Aporophyla australis – Feathered Brindle (Boisduval, 1829)
- Aporophyla canescens (Duponchel, 1826)
- Aporophyla chioleuca (Herrich-Schäeffer, [1850])
- Aporophyla dipsalea Wiltshire, 1941
- Aporophyla lueneburgensis – Northern Deep-Brown Dart (Freyer, 1848)
- Aporophyla lutulentaAporophyla lutulentaThe Deep Brown Dart is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe, primarily in Central Europe and Southern Europe, near the Black Sea and the Caucasus.The length of the forewings is 15-18 mm...
– Deep Brown Dart (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) - Aporophyla nigraAporophyla nigraThe Black Rustic is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from North Africa, through southern and central Europe to Anatolia, in the north it is found up to Scotland and southern Norway. It is also found in the Caucasus, in Israel and Lebanon.The wingspan is 40-48 mm...
– Black Rustic (Haworth, 1809)