Sunira
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Sunira is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family. Sunira was treated as a subgenus of Agrochola
by Ronkay et al in 2001, but is still treated as a valid genus by Brian Pitkin et al at Butterflies and Moths of the World (as of 2005) and at All-Leps (as of 2009).
If treated as a valid genus, it contains the following species:
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. Sunira was treated as a subgenus of Agrochola
Agrochola
Agrochola is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.-Species:* Agrochola agnorista Boursin, 1955* Agrochola albimacula Kononenko, 1978* Agrochola albirena Boursin, 1956* Agrochola antiqua...
by Ronkay et al in 2001, but is still treated as a valid genus by Brian Pitkin et al at Butterflies and Moths of the World (as of 2005) and at All-Leps (as of 2009).
If treated as a valid genus, it contains the following species:
- Sunira bicolorago (Guenée, 1852)
- Sunira decipiens (Grote, 1881)
- Sunira verberata (Smith, 1904)