''Simaethistis'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the superfamily
Simaethistoidea
Simaethistoidea is an obscure superfamily of pyralid
The Pyraloidea (pyraloid moths or snout moths) are a moth superfamily containing about 16,000 described species worldwide, and probably at least as many more remain to be described. They are ...
.
It was described 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 1896.
Species
* ''
Simaethistis leechi''
South, 1901 (China)
* ''
Simaethistis tricolor''
Butler, 1889 (India)
References
Ditrysia
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