Conistra

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Noctuinae
Tribus: Xylenini
Subtribus: Xylenina
Genus: Conistra
Subgenera ̪(4): Conistra – Dasycampa – Orrhodiella – Peperina

Species: C. amamiensis – C. kimurai
Name

Conistra Hübner, 1821

Type species: Noctua veronicae Hübner, 1813
Synonyms

Orrhodia Hübner, 1821
Gloia Hübner, 1822
Glaea Stephens, 1829
Heteromorpha Failla-Tedaldi, 1890
Orrhodiella Spuler, 1907

Conistra anonyma

References

Bálint, Zs. & Katona, G., 2013: List of Lepidoptera names described as new in the scientific publications of Márton Hreblay with information on their primary types. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 15: 135–177.
Benedek, B. ; Saldaitis, A. & Babics, J., 2013: Taxonomic and faunistic news of the tribus Xylenini (s. l.) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from the greater Himalayan region. Esperiana, Buchreihe zur Entomologie, 18: 7–38. Full article: [1].
Hreblay, M., 1992: Neue Taxa und Synonyme der Gattung Conistra Hübner, [1821]. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 3:
Shukata, K. 2015: Two new winter noctuid moths of the genus Conistra Hübner (Lepidoputera, Noctuidae) from the Ryukyu Chain, Japan. Tinea 23(3): 150-156. Reference page.
Zilli, A. & A. Grassi, 2006: When disrupted characters between species link: a new species of Conistra from Sicily (Noctuidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 29 (1-2): 95–111. Full article: [2].

Conistra is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821. There are three subgenera, Orrhodiella, Dasycampa and Peperina.[1][2][3]
Species

Conistra acutula (Staudinger, 1891)
Conistra albipuncta (Leech, 1889)
Conistra alicia Lajonquiére, 1939
Conistra anonyma Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
Conistra ardescens (Butler, 1879)
Conistra ardescentina Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
Conistra asiatica Pinker, 1980
Conistra aulombardi Hreblay, 1992
Conistra castaneofasciata (Motschulsky, 1860)
Conistra chaijami Hacker & Weigert, 1986
Conistra daubei (Duponchel, [1839])
Conistra dora Hreblay, 1992
Conistra elegans Hörhammer, 1936
Conistra eriophora (Püngeler, 1901)
Conistra erythrocephala (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – red-headed chestnut
Conistra filipjevi Kononenko, 1978
Conistra fletcheri Sugi, 1958
Conistra gabori Hreblay, 1992
Conistra gallica (Lederer, 1857)
Conistra grisescens Draudt, 1950
Conistra intricata (Boisduval, 1829)
Conistra kasyi Boursin, 1963
Conistra ligula (Esper, 1791) – dark chestnut
Conistra metallica Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
Conistra metria Boursin, 1940
Conistra nawae Matsumura, 1926
Conistra plantei Rungs, 1972
Conistra politina (Staudinger, 1888)
Conistra ragusae (Failla-Tedaldi, 1890)
Conistra rubiginea (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – dotted chestnut
Conistra rubiginosa (Scopoli, 1763) – black-spot chestnut
Conistra rubricans Fibiger, 1997
Conistra staudingeri (Graslin, 1863)
Conistra takasago Kishida & Yoshimoto, 1979
Conistra torrida (Lederer, 1857)
Conistra vaccinii (Linnaeus, 1761) – chestnut
Conistra veronicae (Hübner, [1813])

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Conistra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
Savela, Markku (May 19, 2020). "Conistra Hübner, [1821]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2021.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Conistra Hübner, 1821". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 7, 2021.

External links

"Conistra" at the Encyclopedia of Life