Scotogramma
Encyclopedia
Scotogramma 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
- Scotogramma deffessa (Grote, 1880) (alternative spelling Scotogramma defessa)
- Scotogramma densa Smith, 1893 (=Scotogramma megaera Smith, 1899)
- Scotogramma fervida Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
- Scotogramma fieldi Barnes & Benjamin, 1926
- Scotogramma gatei (Smith, 1910)
- Scotogramma harnardi Barnes & Benjamin, 1924
- Scotogramma hirsuta McDunnough, 1938
- Scotogramma mendosica Hampson, 1905
- Scotogramma orida (Smith, 1903)
- Scotogramma ptilodonta (Grote, 1883)
- Scotogramma stretchii H. Edwards, 1887
- Scotogramma submarina (Grote, 1883) (=Scotogramma addenda Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)
- Scotogramma yakima (Smith, 1900)