Hyphantria
Encyclopedia
Hyphantria is a genus
of moth
in the family Arctiidae
from North and Central America. One species, Hyphantria cunea Drury
, 1773, was introduced in Western, Central and Eastern Eurasia.
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...
in the family Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
from North and Central America. One species, Hyphantria cunea Drury
Drury
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, 1773, was introduced in Western, Central and Eastern Eurasia.
Species
- Hyphantria cunea Drury, 1773
- Hyphantria orizaba (Druce, 1897)
- Hyphantria panoezys (Dyar, 1916)
- Hyphantria penthetria Dyar, 1912
- Hyphantria pictipupa Fitch, 1857