''Xanthothrix'' 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
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 ...
. The genus was erected by
Henry Edwards in 1878.
Species
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Xanthothrix callicore''
(Staudinger, 1871) Turkey, Syria
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Xanthothrix neumoegeni''
H. Edwards, 1881 California
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Xanthothrix ranunculi''
H. Edwards, 1878 California (Mojave desert)
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Xanthothrix stagmatogon''
Dyar, 1921 Mexico
References
Hadeninae
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