Antitype (moth)
| Antitype | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Antitype Hübner, [1821] |
Antitype is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
The scientific name is derived from the Greek antitupos (something that returns). Hübner probably referred to similarities with a genus which was described earlier, probably Polymixis.[1]
Species
- Antitype africana Berio, 1939
- Antitype armena (Eversmann, 1856)
- Antitype chi – grey chi (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Antitype chionodes Boursin, 1968
- Antitype jonis (Lederer, 1865)
- Antitype suda (Geyer, [1832])
Antitype kalchbergi is now known as Brachygalea kalchbergi (Staudinger, 1897).
References
- Antitype at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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