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Genus of moths

Oxythaphora
Oxythaphora delta (on right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Oxythaphora
Dyar, 1917
Species: O. delta
Binomial name
Oxythaphora delta
Dyar, 1917

Oxythaphora is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, containing only a single species, Oxythaphora delta; it was historically misclassified on multiple occasions, but in 2010 was determined to belong to the subfamily Agaristinae. Both the genus and species were first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917.

References

  1. Becker, Vitor O. (August 2010). "Misplaced Neotropical Agaristinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), with descriptions of new taxa". Zoologia (Curitiba). 27 (4). doi:10.1590/S1984-46702010000400009.
Taxon identifiers
Oxythaphora
Oxythaphora delta


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