Macristis
Encyclopedia
Macristis is a genus of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
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
- Macristis bilinealis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
- Macristis geminipunctalis Schaus, 1916
- Macristis schausi Barnes & Benjamin, 1924