''Cecharismena'' 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 of the family
Erebidae. The genus was erected by Möschler in 1890.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily
Phytometrinae within
Erebidae or in the subfamily
Calpinae
The Calpinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. This subfamily includes many species of moths that have a pointed and barbed proboscis adapted to piercing the skins of fruit to feed on ...
of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the othe ...
.
Species
* ''
Cecharismena abarusalis''
Walker, 1859
* ''
Cecharismena anartoides''
(Walker, 1865)
* ''
Cecharismena cara''
Möschler, 1890
* ''
Cecharismena jalapena''
(Schaus, 1906)
* ''
Cecharismena nectarea''
Möschler, 1890
References
Boletobiinae
Noctuoidea genera
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