Pityolita

Pityolita was a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873.

Pityolita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Genus:
Pityolita

Grote, 1873

It is considered by The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Butterflies and Moths of the World to be a synonym of Polypogon.[1][2] It is considered by Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms to be a synonym of Zanclognatha.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Polypogon". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Pityolita Grote, 1873". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku (July 25, 2019). "Zanclognatha Lederer, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 30, 2020.


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