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''Isogona'' 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 ...
of
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
Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very ear ...
in 1852.


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
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 ...
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

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Isogona natatrix ''Isogona natatrix'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in North America, including Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the Unit ...
'' Guenée, 1852 * ''
Isogona punctipennis ''Isogona'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae of the famil ...
'' Grote, 1883 * ''
Isogona scindens ''Isogona scindens'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found from the southern parts of the United States to Paraguay and on Saint Kitts, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola and ...
'' Walker, 1858 * ''
Isogona segura ''Isogona segura'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Barnes in 1907. It is found in the US state of Arizona. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one w ...
'' Barnes, 1907 * ''
Isogona snowi ''Isogona snowi'' or Snow's owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by John B. Smith in 1908. It is found in southern Texas and Mexico. The wingspan is . Adults are on wing year round. The larvae feed on ''Celt ...
'' J. B. Smith, 1908 – Snow's owlet moth * ''
Isogona tenuis ''Isogona tenuis'', the thin-lined owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found from Ontario, Wisconsin, Ohio and New Jersey, south to Florida and Texas. The wingspan ...
'' Grote, 1872 – thin-lined owlet moth * ''
Isogona texana ''Isogona texana'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Texas. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777â ...
'' J. B. Smith, 1900


References

Boletobiinae Noctuoidea genera {{Boletobiinae-stub