''Betapsestis'' 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 belonging to the
subfamily Thyatirinae
The Thyatirinae, or false owlet moths, are a subfamily of the moth family Drepanidae with about 200 species described. Until recently, most classifications treated this group as a separate family called Thyatiridae.
Taxonomy
References
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of the
Drepanidae
The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies) which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a superf ...
.
Species
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Betapsestis brevis
''Betapsestis brevis'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1900. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively r ...
''
(Leech, 1900)
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Betapsestis umbrosa
''Betapsestis umbrosa'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1911. It is found in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situate ...
''
(Wileman, 1911)
References
* , 1921, ''Thousand Insects of Japan (Additamentum)'' 4: 850, 851.
* , 2007, ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie'' Band 13: 1-68
Thyatirinae
Drepanidae genera
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