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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Heliothinae |
| Genus: | Psectrotarsia Dognin, 1907 |
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Psectrotarsia is a small New World genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, erected in 1907 by Paul Dognin. With exception of Psectrotarsia flava, species in the genus have pink forewing markings.
Distribution and biology
Psectrotarsia species are known from the United States, Mexico, Guatemala and Peru. The larval host plants of most species are unknown, except for Psectrotarsia hebardi, which is known to feed on richweed.
Species
Following the 2007 revision of the genus by Michael P. Pogue, the genus is considered to contain the following species:
- Psectrotarsia euposis (Dyar, 1912) - Mexico
- Psectrotarsia flava Dognin, 1907 - Peru - type species
- Psectrotarsia hebardi (Skinner, 1917) - United States (New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia)
- Psectrotarsia rhodophora (Hampson, 1910) - Guatemala
- Psectrotarsia suavis (H. Edwards, 1884) - United States, Mexico
Former species
Following the 2007 revision, two species were transferred to Copitarsia:
- Psectrotarsia fuscirena (now Copitarsia fuscirena)
- Psectrotarsia tamsi (now Copitarsia tamsi)
Notes
- a simultaneous junior homonym and junior synonym
References
- ^ Pogue, Michael G. (14 November 2007). "Revision of the Genus Psectrotarsia Dognin, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)". Zootaxa. 1637 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1637.1.1. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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