''Pseudosphetta'' 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 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 genus was erected by
George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist.
Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...
in 1926.
Species
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Pseudosphetta fissigna''
Hampson, 1926 Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
*''
Pseudosphetta moorei''
(Cotes & Swinhoe, 1887) Sri Lanka, Andamans, India, Thailand, Taiwan, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Seram
*''
Pseudosphetta umbrosa''
Holloway, 2005 Borneo, Sumatra
References
Calpinae
{{Calpinae-stub