''Clethrophora'' 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
Nolidae
Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known as tuft moths, aft ...
. The genus was erected by
George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist.
Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...
in 1894.
Species
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Clethrophora angulipennis
''Clethrophora'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1894.
Species
*'' Clethrophora angulipennis'' A. E. Prout, 1924
*'' Clethrophora distincta'' (Leech, 1889)
*''Clethrophora gonophora
''Cl ...
''
A. E. Prout, 1924
*''
Clethrophora distincta
''Clethrophora distincta'' is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by John Henry Leech in 1889. It is found in Taiwan, Korea and Japan.
The wingspan is 41–45 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is deeply green, while it is re ...
''
(Leech, 1889)
*''
Clethrophora gonophora
''Clethrophora'' is a genus 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 approxima ...
''
A. E. Prout, 1924
*''
Clethrophora virida
''Clethrophora'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1894.
Species
*''Clethrophora angulipennis'' A. E. Prout, 1924
*'' Clethrophora distincta'' (Leech, 1889)
*''Clethrophora gonophora
''Cle ...
''
(Heylaerts, 1890)
References
Chloephorinae
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