''Phalaenophana'' 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
litter moths 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 species was
first described by
Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who Species description, described over 1,000 species of Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columb ...
in 1873.
Species
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Phalaenophana eudorealis''
(Guenée, 1854)
*''
Phalaenophana extremalis
''Phalaenophana extremalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912. It is found in the US states of Arizona and New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern U ...
''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
*''
Phalaenophana fadusalis''
(Walker, 1859) Brazil
*''
Phalaenophana isenenias''
(Schaus, 1916)
*''
Phalaenophana lojanalis''
(Dognin, 1914)
*''
Phalaenophana modestalis''
(Schaus, 1912)
*''
Phalaenophana nigridiscatalis''
(Dognin, 1914)
*''
Phalaenophana oppialis''
(Walker, 1859)
*''
Phalaenophana pyramusalis
''Phalaenophana pyramusalis'', the dark-banded owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia, south to North Carolina and Texas. ...
''
(Walker, 859
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Year 859 ( DCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* January 15 – Battle of St. Quentin: Frankish forces, led by Humfrid, defeat King Louis the German at Saint ...
– dark-banded owlet moth
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Phalaenophana santiagonis
''Phalaenophana'' is a genus of Herminiinae, litter moths of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873.
Species
*''Phalaenophana eudorealis'' (Guenée, 1854)
*''Phalaenophana ex ...
''
(Schaus, 1916)
References
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Herminiinae
Moth genera
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