''Pandesma'' 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 in 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.
Species
* ''
Pandesma anysa''
Guenée, 1852
* ''
Pandesma decaryi''
(Viette, 1966)
* ''
Pandesma fugitiva''
Walker, 1858
* ''
Pandesma muricolor
''Pandesma muricolor'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is native to western, central & south-eastern Africa.
One known foodplant of this moth is a Fabaceae (''Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of abo ...
''
Berio, 1966
* ''
Pandesma partita''
Walker, 1858
* ''
Pandesma quenavadi''
Guenée, 1852
* ''
Pandesma robusta''
Walker, 858
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Year 858 ( DCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – King Louis the German, summoned by the disaffected Frankish nobles, invades the West Frankish Kin ...
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* '' Pandesma submurina'' Walker, 1865
References
Pandesmini
Noctuoidea genera
Taxa named by Achille Guenée
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
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