''Arugisa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the family
Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The genus was previously classified in the subfamily
Hypeninae
The Hypeninae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. A notable species is ''Mecistoptera griseifusa'', which lives solely on tears it drinks with its ...
of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the othe ...
.
Species
* ''
Arugisa albipuncta''
Hampson, 1926
* ''
Arugisa aliena''
Walker, 1865
* ''
Arugisa gyrochila
''Arugisa'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The genus was previously classified in the subfamily Hypeninae of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of mot ...
''
(Butler, 1879)
* ''
Arugisa latiorella''
(Walker, 1863) (syn: ''
Arugisa watsoni''
Richards, 1941)
* ''
Arugisa lutea''
(Smith, 1900)
* ''
Arugisa oppressa''
Schaus, 1911
* ''
Arugisa punctalis''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)
* ''
Arugisa rubiginosa''
Hampson, 1926
* ''
Arugisa subterminata''
Hampson, 1926
References
''Arugisa''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Scolecocampinae
Moth genera
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