''Carathis'' 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
moths
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) a ...
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 ...
. The genus was described by
Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who Species description, described over 1,000 species of Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columb ...
in 1866.
Species
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Carathis alayorum''
Becker, 2011
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Carathis australis
''Carathis australis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's Li ...
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Rothschild, 1909
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Carathis byblis
''Carathis byblis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Schaus in 1892. It is found in Brazil, Costa Rica and Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is border ...
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(Schaus, 1892)
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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, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), ...
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Grote, 866
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Events
By place
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*''Carathis palpalis
''Carathis palpalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found on Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after C ...
'' (Walker, 1855)
*'' Carathis septentrionalis'' Becker, 2011
Former species
*''Carathis klagesi'', now ''
Tessella klagesi
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History
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(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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