''Callistege'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
.
Taxonomy
The genus was considered a subgenus of ''
Euclidia
''Euclidia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of wel ...
'' by some authors but has been reinstated as a genus.
Species
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Callistege diagonalis''
Dyar, 1898
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Callistege fortalitium''
Tauscher, 1809
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Callistege futilis''
Staudinger, 1897
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Callistege intercalaris''
Grote, 1882
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Callistege mi
''Callistege mi'', the Mother Shipton moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was classified by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759, and is also known under the name of ''Euclidia mi''. In Finnish language, Finnish it is known as ''piirtoyökkönen' ...
''
(Clerck, 1759)
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Callistege regia''
Staudinger, 1888
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Callistege triangula''
Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
References
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Euclidiini
Moth genera
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