Pheosia
Encyclopedia
Pheosia is a genus
of moth
s of the Notodontidae
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 Notodontidae
Notodontidae
Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,500 known species. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, especially in the New World...
family.
Species
- Pheosia gnomaPheosia gnomaThe Lesser Swallow Prominent is a moth from the family Notodontidae.The moth can be found in selected parts of Eurasia. It has a forward wing length of 20–26 mm. The moth survives winter as a pupa underground....
(Fabricius, 1777) - Pheosia tremulaPheosia tremulaThe Swallow Prominent is a moth from the family Notodontidae.The moth can be found in selected parts of Europe, up to the Arctic Circle. It has a forward wing length of 22–28 mm. The moth survives winter as a pupa underground....
(Clerck, 1759) - Pheosia fusiformis (Matsumura)
- Pheosia buddhista (Püngeler, 1899)
- Pheosia albivertex (Hampson, [1893])
- Pheosia rimosaPheosia rimosaThe Black-rimmed Prominent Moth, Fissured Prominent or False-sphinx is a species of moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found from coast to coast in North America, although it is less common in the south-eastern United States.The wingspan is 43-62 mm. Adults are dark black-brown and white...
Packard, 1864 (syn: Pheosia portlandia Hy. Edwards, 1886) - Pheosia taiwanognoma Nakamura, 1973
- ?Pheosia dimidiata Herrich-Schäffer, 1856