''Isogona'' 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
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 e ...
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 ...
within
Erebidae 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 ...
of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the othe ...
.
Species
* ''
Isogona natatrix''
Guenée, 1852
* ''
Isogona punctipennis''
Grote, 1883
* ''
Isogona scindens''
Walker, 1858
* ''
Isogona segura''
Barnes, 1907
* ''
Isogona snowi''
J. B. Smith, 1908 – Snow's owlet moth
* ''
Isogona tenuis''
Grote, 1872 – thin-lined owlet moth
* ''
Isogona texana''
J. B. Smith, 1900
References
Boletobiinae
Noctuoidea genera
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