''Phyllodesma'' is a
Holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...
genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Lasiocampidae
The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It i ...
. The genus was first described by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1820.
"''Phyllodesma'' Hübner, 1820"
''Global Biodiversity Information Facility''. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
Species
*'' Phyllodesma ilicifolia''
*'' Phyllodesma japonicum''
*'' Phyllodesma tremulifolium''
*'' Phyllodesma kermesifolium''
*'' Phyllodesma suberifolium''
*'' Phyllodesma priapus''
*'' Phyllodesma ambigua''
*'' Phyllodesma alice''
*'' Phyllodesma hyssarum''
*'' Phyllodesma joannisi''
*'' Phyllodesma jurii''
*'' Phyllodesma mongolicum''
*'' Phyllodesma griseum''
*'' Phyllodesma sinina''
*'' Phyllodesma occidentis''
*'' Phyllodesma americana''
*''Phyllodesma coturnix
''Phyllodesma'' is a Holarctic genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. ''
References
External links
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Lasiocampidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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