''Pyrocleptria'' 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 ...

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

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 ...

. Some authors consider it to be a subgenus of ''

Periphanes ''Periphanes'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae Species description, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1821. Its only species, ''Periphanes delphinii'', the pease blossom, was Species description, first described by Carl Linnaeus ...

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Species

* '' Pyrocleptria cora'' Eversmann, 1837 * '' Pyrocleptria naumanni'' Krušek & Behounek, 1996

References

* Krušek, K. & Behounek, G. (1996). ''Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Österreichischen Entomologen'' 48: 1-2.
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Heliothinae Noctuoidea genera {{Heliothinae-stub