Faronta
Encyclopedia
Faronta was a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family, it is now considered a synonym of Dargida
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, it is now considered a synonym of Dargida
Dargida
Dargida is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.-Species:* Dargida acanthus * Dargida acca * Dargida albifluviata * Dargida albilinea...
Former species
- Faronta albilinea (Hübner, [1821])
- Faronta aleada Smith, 1908
- Faronta amoena (Draudt, 1924)
- Faronta confundibilis Köhler, 1973
- Faronta diffusaFaronta diffusaThe Wheat Head Armyworm is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Eastern North America, except Yukon and Alaska.The wingspan is 27–36 mm...
(Walker, 1856) - Faronta disticta (Druce, 1908)
- Faronta exoul (Walker, 1856)
- Faronta multistria (Köhler, 1947)
- Faronta napali (Köhler, 1959)
- Faronta quadrannulata (Morrison, 1875)
- Faronta rubripennis (Grote & Robinson, 1870)
- Faronta terrapictalis Buckett, 1967, [1969]
- Faronta tetera (Smith, 1902)