''Phaloe'' is a genus 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 subfamily
Arctiinae
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
. The genus was erected by
Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, also known as F. E. Guerin, (12 October 1799, in Toulon – 26 January 1874, in Paris) was a French entomologist.
Life and work
Guérin-Méneville changed his surname from Guérin in 1836. He was the author o ...
in 1838.
Species
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Phaloe cruenta''
(Hübner, 1823)
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Phaloe cubana''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1866)
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Phaloe ignita''
(Butler, 870
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Phaloe lorzae
''Phaloe lorzae'' is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1870. It is found in Guatemala
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(Boisduval, 1870)
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Phaloe pyste
''Phaloe pyste'' is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found in Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the ...
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Druce, 1885
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Phaloe vespertilio''
Dognin, 1911
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Phaloe vogli''
Daniel, 1966
References
External links
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Arctiinae
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