Conicophoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Subfamily:
Acronictinae
Genus:
Conicophoria

Matsumura, 1929
Species:
C. formosana
Binomial name
Conicophoria formosana
Matsumura, 1929
Synonyms
  • Sesamia nigropunctata (Wileman, 1912)
  • Archanara nigropunctata Wileman, 1912

Conicophoria is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Conicophoria formosana, is found in Taiwan. Both the genus and species were first described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1929.[1][2]

Taxonomy

Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives this name as a synonym of Sesamia Guenée, 1852.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Conicophoria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  2. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Conicophoria Matsumura, 1929". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku (May 30, 2020). "Sesamia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
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