''Carathis'' 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
moths
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 ...
in the family
Erebidae. The genus was described by
Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who described over 1,000 species of butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columbus, OH: Published by the author ...
in 1866.
Species
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Carathis alayorum''
Becker, 2011
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Carathis australis''
Rothschild, 1909
*''
Carathis byblis''
(Schaus, 1892)
*''
Carathis gortynoides
''Carathis gortynoides'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1866. It is found on Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country co ...
''
Grote, 866
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
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*'' Carathis palpalis'' (Walker, 1855)
*'' Carathis septentrionalis'' Becker, 2011
Former species
*''Carathis klagesi'', now ''
Tessella klagesi
''Tessella klagesi'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana and Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecua ...
''
(Rothschild, 1909)
References
*Becker, V. O. (2011)
"A review of the neotropical moth genus ''Carathis'' Grote (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)" ''Tropical Lepidoptera Research''. 21 (2): 95–97.
External links
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Phaegopterina
Moth genera
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