Phytometra

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: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Boletobiinae
Tribus: Phytometrini
Genus: Phytometra
Species: P. afromontana – P. angensteini – P. apicata – P. asantesana – P. carnea – P. conicephala – P. coniota – P. crassisigna – P. curvifera – P. digramma – P. duplicalis – P. ernestinana – P. erythroxantha – P. euchroa – P. flavissima – P. fragilis – P. gemina – P. granulata – P. haemaceps – P. haematoessa – P. heberachis – P. helesusalis – P. heliriusalis – P. intermixta – P. kosemponensis – P. magalium – P. melanoceps – P. melanosticta – P. microptera – P. nyctichroa – P. obliqualis – P. olivescens – P. opsiphora – P. orgiae – P. ossea – P. purpureopallida – P. pyralomima – P. reflecta – P. rhodarialis – P. rhodopa – P. rosinans – P. rufifusca – P. sacraria – P. saecularia – P. signifera – P. silona – P. steeleae – P. straminea – P. subflavalis – P. tarassota – P. umbrifera – P. viridaria – P. xanthoptera
Name

Phytometra Haworth, 1809

Type species: Noctua aenea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 by subsequent designation by Westwood, 1840
References

Hacker, H.H. 2019. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1:1–815. Reference page.
Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 Reference page.

Phytometra is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809.
Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.[1][2]
Species

Some species of this genus are:[3]

Phytometra africana (Snellen, 1872)
Phytometra apicata Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
Phytometra carnea (Prout A. E., 1922)
Phytometra coniota (Hampson, 1926)
Phytometra curvifera (Hampson, 1926)
Phytometra duplicalis (Walker, 1866)
Phytometra ernestinana Blanchard, 1840 – Ernestine's moth
Phytometra euchroa Hampson, 1918
Phytometra formosalis Walker, 1866
Phytometra haemaceps (Hampson, 1910)
Phytometra haematoessa (Hampson, 1910)
Phytometra helesusalis (Walker, 1859)
Phytometra heliriusalis (Walker, 1859)
Phytometra hypopsamma (Hampson, 1926)
Phytometra laevis Swinhoe, 1901
Phytometra lentistriata (Hampson, 1910)
Phytometra luna Zerny, 1927
Phytometra magalium (Townsend, 1958)
Phytometra nigrogemmea Romieux, 1943
Phytometra nyctichroa (Hampson, 1926)
Phytometra obliqualis Dyar, 1912
Phytometra orgiae Grote, 1875
Phytometra olivescens (Hampson, 1910)
Phytometra opsiphora (Hampson, 1926)
Phytometra ossea (Saalmüller, 1891)
Phytometra pentheus (Fawcett, 1916)
Phytometra pyralomima (Wiltshire, 1961)
Phytometra rhodopa (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Phytometra rhodarialis Walker, 1859 – pink-bordered yellow moth
Phytometra sacraria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Phytometra sanctiflorentis Boisduval, 1834
Phytometra signifera (Hampson, 1926)
Phytometra silona (Schaus, 1893)
Phytometra subflavalis (Walker, 1865)
Phytometra umbrifera (Hampson, 1910)
Phytometra viridaria Clerck, 1759 – small purple-barred
Phytometra zotica (Viette, 1956)

References

Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Phytometra Haworth, 1809". Afromoths. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

Savela, Markku. "Phytometra Haworth, 1809". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 8, 2019.