''Xanthyris'' 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 in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are 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, paraphyleti ...
erected by father and son entomologists
Cajetan
Cajetan and Kajetan is the Anglicized, Germanized and Slavicized form of the Italian given name Gaetano. People with this name include:
* Thomas Cajetan (1469–1534), Italian Dominican theologian, cardinal, and opponent of Martin Luther
* Saint C ...
and
Rudolf Felder
Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 in Vienna – 29 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes ...
.
Species
* ''
Xanthyris felder''
Felder & Felder, 1862
* ''
Xanthyris flaveolata''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Xanthyris involuta''
Bastelberger, 1909
* ''
Xanthyris planilimbata''
Warren, 1905
* ''
Xanthyris superba''
Druce, 1903
* ''
Xanthyris supergressa''
Bastelberger, 1909
References
Cyllopodini
Geometridae genera
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