Mormo

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: 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: Amphipyrinae
Genus: Mormo
Species: M. cyanea – M. maura – M. muscivirens – M. owadai

Name

Mormo Ochsenheimer, 1816

Type species: Phalaena maura Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation by Samouelle , 1819.
References

Wu, S. 2013: Mormo owadai sp. nov., a new dypterygiini moth endemic to Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Xyleninae). Tinea 22(4): 266-268. Reference page.

Mormo is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Species

Mormo cyanea Sugi, 1982
Mormo maura – Old Lady, Black Underwing
Mormo muscivirens Butler, 1878
Mormo nyctichroa (Hampson, 1908)
Mormo olivescaria (Swinhoe, 1897)
Mormo phaeochroa (Hampson, 1908)
Mormo venata (Hampson, 1908)

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Mormo at funet