''Stygia'' 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 belonging to the family
Cossidae
The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are Lepidopter ...
.
Species
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Stygia australis''
Latreille, 1804
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Stygia hades''
Le Cerf, 1924
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Stygia mosulensis
Stygian refers to the goddess and underworld river Styx in Greek mythology.
Stygia or Stygian may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Stygia (moth), ''Stygia'' (moth), a genus of moth
* Stygian owl (''Asio stygius''), a species of owl
* Stygian ri ...
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Daniel, 1965
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Stygia nilssoni''
Saldaitis & Yakovlev, 2008
References
* , 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 263: 1-295. Full article
* , 2011: Stygiinae Yakovlev, subfam. n., a new Subfamily of Palaearctic Carpenter-moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). ''Entomological Review'' 91 (4): 508-512.
Stygiinae
Cossidae genera
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