Seirocastnia
Encyclopedia
Seirocastnia 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
- Seirocastnia albifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1922
- Seirocastnia amalthea Dalman, 1823
- Seirocastnia columbina Westwood, 1877
- Seirocastnia extensa Jordan, 1908
- Seirocastnia inca Hering, 1925
- Seirocastnia latimargo Hering, 1925
- Seirocastnia magnifica Hering, 1925
- Seirocastnia meridiana Schaus, 1896
- Seirocastnia nocturna Burmeister, 1879
- Seirocastnia panamensis Hampson, 1901
- Seirocastnia tribuna Hübner, [1831]
- Seirocastnia volupia Druce, 1897