''Simaethistis'' 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 superfamily
Simaethistoidea
Simaethistoidea is an obscure superfamily of pyralid-like moths with two genera, whose biology and relationships among the Ditrysia]is currently unknown, namely the Australian ''Metaprotus'' (2 specieand the China and North Indian ''Simaethistis' ...
.
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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