''Phobolosia'' 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
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (February 14, 1866 – January 21, 1929) was an American entomologist. Dyar's Law, a pattern of geometric progression in the growth of insect parts, is named after him. He was also noted for eccentric pursuits which includ ...
in 1908.
Taxonomy
The genus was previously classified in the subfamily
Acontiinae
Acontiinae is a subfamily of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae. There are more than 50 genera and 430 described species in Acontiinae, found worldwide in temperate and tropical climates.
Genera
These 52 genera belong to the subfamily ...
of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...
.
Species
* ''
Phobolosia admirabilis''
Schaus, 1914
* ''
Phobolosia anfracta''
H. Edwards, 1881
* ''
Phobolosia argentifera''
Hampson, 1918
* ''
Phobolosia atrifrons''
Schaus, 1914
* ''
Phobolosia aurilinea''
Schaus, 1912
* ''
Phobolosia duomaculata''
Barnes & Benjamin, 1925
* ''
Phobolosia medialis''
Hampson, 1918
* ''
Phobolosia micralis''
Hampson, 1918
* ''
Phobolosia mydronotum''
Dyar, 1914
References
Scolecocampinae
Moth genera
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