''Goniapteryx'' 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
Maximilian Perty
Josef Anton Maximilian Perty (17 September 1804, Ornbau – 8 August 1884, Bern) was a German naturalist and entomologist. He was a professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Bern.[Goniapteryx elegans
''Goniapteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Maximilian Perty in 1833.
Species
*'' Goniapteryx elegans'' (1878) Jamaica
*''Goniapteryx sergilia'' (Stoll, 780 Suriname
*''Goniapteryx servia
''Goniapteryx ...]
''
(1878) Jamaica
*''
Goniapteryx sergilia
''Goniapteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Maximilian Perty in 1833.
Species
*'' Goniapteryx elegans'' (1878) Jamaica
*'' Goniapteryx sergilia'' (Stoll, 780 Suriname
*''Goniapteryx servia
''Goniaptery ...
''
(Stoll, 780
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Suriname
*''
Goniapteryx servia''
(Stoll, 1782) Texas in the US to Amazonas in Brazil
References
Hypocalinae
Moth genera
Taxa named by Maximilian Perty
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