''Chalciope '' 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.
Species
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Chalciope alcyona
''Chalciope alcyona'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1888. It is found in the south Pacific, including Fiji, New Guinea, New Caledonia and Australia.
The larvae can become a pest on ''Oryza sativa
'' ...
''
Druce, 1888
* ''
Chalciope bisinuata
Chalciope (; grc, Χαλκιόπη, Khalkiópē means "bronze-face"), in Greek mythology, is a name that may refer to several characters.
* Chalciope, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, sister of Medea and wife of Phrixus, by whom she had four ...
''
Snellen, 1880
* ''
Chalciope delta
Chalciope (; grc, Χαλκιόπη, Khalkiópē means "bronze-face"), in Greek mythology, is a name that may refer to several characters.
* Chalciope, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, sister of Medea and wife of Phrixus, by whom she had ...
''
(Boisduval, 1833) (= ''Chalciope crestonion''
(Snellen, 1902))
* ''
Chalciope emathion
Chalciope (; grc, Χαλκιόπη, Khalkiópē means "bronze-face"), in Greek mythology, is a name that may refer to several characters.
* Chalciope, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, sister of Medea and wife of Phrixus, by whom she had four ...
''
Snellen, 1902
* ''
Chalciope erecta
''Chalciope erecta'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1902. It is found in South Africa, Kenya and Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣ ...
''
Hampson, 1902
* ''
Chalciope imminua
Chalciope (; grc, Χαλκιόπη, Khalkiópē means "bronze-face"), in Greek mythology, is a name that may refer to several characters.
* Chalciope, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, sister of Medea and wife of Phrixus, by whom she had four ...
''
Snellen, 1902
* ''
Chalciope mygdon
''Chalciope mygdon'', the triangular-striped moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found from the Oriental region to Sundaland.
Description
Its wingspan is about 36–40 m ...
''
Cramer, 777/small>
* ''Chalciope pusilla
''Chalciope pusilla'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Jacob Holland in 1894. It is found in Gabon and South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in ...
'' (Holland, 1894)
* ''Chalciope trigonodesia
Chalciope (; grc, Χαλκιόπη, Khalkiópē means "bronze-face"), in Greek mythology, is a name that may refer to several characters.
* Chalciope, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, sister of Medea and wife of Phrixus, by whom she had four ...
'' Strand, 1915
References
''Chalciope''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Poaphilini
Moth genera
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