''Callistege'' 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 considered a subgenus of ''
Euclidia
''Euclidia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Callistege'' was previously included as a subgenus of ''Euclidia''.
Species
* Subgenus ''Euclidia''
** ''Euclidia ardita'' Franclemont, 1957 – erebid moth
** ''Eucl ...
'' by some authors but has been reinstated as a genus.
Species
*''
Callistege diagonalis''
Dyar, 1898
*''
Callistege fortalitium''
Tauscher, 1809
*''
Callistege futilis''
Staudinger, 1897
*''
Callistege intercalaris''
Grote, 1882
*''
Callistege mi''
(Clerck, 1759)
*''
Callistege regia''
Staudinger, 1888
*''
Callistege triangula''
Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
References
*
Euclidiini
Moth genera
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