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
Notodontidae
Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, esp ...
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 1819.
Selected species
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Odontosia carmelita
''Odontosia carmelita'', the scarce prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1798. It is found in central Europe, ranging to Ireland and Finland in the north and Russi ...
'' (Esper,
798
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Year 798 ( DCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 798 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...
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Odontosia sieversii
''Odontosia sieversii'' is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from northern and central Europe to northern China and Japan.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to th ...
'' (Menetries, 1856)
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Odontosia elegans
''Odontosia elegans'', the elegant prominent, is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae (the prominents). It was first described by Herman Strecker Ferdinand Heinrich Herman Strecker (24 March 1836, in Philadelphia – 30 November 1901, in ...
'' (Strecker, 1885)
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Odontosia grisea
''Odontosia'' is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Selected species
*'' Odontosia carmelita'' (Esper, 798
*'' Odontosia sieversii'' (Menetries, 1856)
*''Odontosia elegans
''Odontosia elegans'', the e ...