''Hemeroplanis'' 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 ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s of 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 erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1818.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily

Phytometrinae The Boletobiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae, containing about 956 species. The taxon was described by Achille Guenée in 1858. Taxonomy Phylogenetic analysis has determined that several subfamilies of the family Erebidae tha ...

within

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 ju ...

of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

Species

* '' Hemeroplanis habitalis'' Walker, 1859 – black-dotted hemeroplanis moth * '' Hemeroplanis historialis'' Grote, 1882 (syn: ''Hemeroplanis finitima'' J. B. Smith, 1893, ''Hemeroplanis secundalis'' J. B. Smith, 1907) * '' Hemeroplanis immaculalis'' Harvey, 1875 * '' Hemeroplanis incusalis'' Grote, 1881 * '' Hemeroplanis obliqualis'' H. Edwards, 1886 * '' Hemeroplanis parallela'' J. B. Smith, 1907 * '' Hemeroplanis punitalis'' J. B. Smith, 1907 * '' Hemeroplanis rectalis'' (Smith, 1907) * '' Hemeroplanis reversalis'' J. B. Smith, 1907 * '' Hemeroplanis scopulepes'' Haworth, 1809 – variable tropic moth * '' Hemeroplanis trilineosa'' (Dyar, 1918)

References

* Boletobiinae Noctuoidea genera {{boletobiinae-stub