Psaphida

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
Tribus: Psaphidinae
Tribus: Psaphidini
Genus: Psaphida
Species: P. palaearctica
Name

Psaphida Walker, 1865

Type species: Psaphida resumens Walker, 1865 by monotypy.
Synonyms

Dicopis Grote, 1874
Psaphidia Dyar, 1901

References

Ronkay, L. ; G. Ronkay & G. Behounek, 2011: The Witt Catalogue Volume 5: A Taxonomic Atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea: Cuculliinae II and Psaphidinae. 1-380.
Ronkay, G. , L. Ronkay , P. Gyulai & H.H. Hacker, 2010: New Psaphidinae and Oncocnemidinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) species and genera from the wide sense Himalayan region. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 15: 223–244.

Psaphida is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865.[1][2][3]
Species

Psaphida resumens Walker, 1865 Florida - Texas, Arkansas, New England, Quebec, Minnesota, Illinois, Kansas, South Carolina
Psaphida thaxterianus (Grote, 1874) Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Ontario
Psaphida rolandi (Grote, 1874) Massachusetts, Missouri, New England - Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Ontario, North Dakota, Manitoba
Psaphida grandis (Smith, 1898) New York - Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Texas
Psaphida electilis (Morrison, 1875) southern New England to southern Ontario - Maryland, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Texas, Alabama
Psaphida styracis (Guenée, 1852) southern Ontario to New England - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Texas, Florida, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina
Psaphida damalis (Grote, 1879) California, Colorado
Psaphida palaearctica (Ronkay, Ronkay, Gyulai & Hacker, 2010) Shaanxi

Psaphida damalis

Psaphida grandis

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Psaphida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
Savela, Markku (May 5, 2020). "Psaphida Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Psaphida Walker, 1865". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 5, 2021.