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Genus and species of moth

Calymma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Calymma
Hübner,
Species: C. communimacula
Binomial name
Calymma communimacula
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms

Generic

  • Oratoscelis Guenée, 1841
  • Horatoscelis Agassiz,

Specific

  • Noctua communimacula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Thalpochares communimacula cinnamomea Turati, 1911
  • Calymma communimacula gracilis Osthelder, 1933

Calymma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Its single species, Calymma communimacula, was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in central and southern Europe and from Turkey to Transcaucasia and the Middle East.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Eublemminae of Erebidae or the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.

References

  1. Savela, Markku (12 February 2012). "Calymma Hübner, [1823]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. "Calymma communimacula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. "Eublemminae". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Calymma
Calymma communimacula


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