Faeculoides

Faeculoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Subtribe:Magnina
Genus:Faeculoides
Fibiger, 2008
Synonyms

Faecula Fibiger, 2008 (non Slipinski & Lawrence, 1997: preoccupied)

Faeculoides is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. Despite containing some long-known species, the genus' distinctness was noted only in 2008.

Initially and briefly, the genus was known as Faecula. That name was earlier given to a genus of cylindrical bark beetles, and the moth genus was soon renamed.

Species

Three species are presently placed here:

References

    • Fibiger, M. 2008: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae. Zootaxa, 1867: 1-136. Abstract & excerpt
    • Fibiger, M. 2008: A replacement name for Faecula Fibiger, 2008 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Micronoctuidae) Zootaxa, 1926: 1. Full text


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