Americerura is a genus of prominent moths in the family Notodontidae. There are about 17 described species in Americerura. As a result of research published in 2023, these species were transferred from the genus Tecmessa, creating the genus Americerura. [1]
| Americerura | |
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| Americerura scitiscripta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerurinae |
| Genus: | Americerura St Laurent & Goldstein, 2023 |
Species
editThese 17 species belong to Americerura:
- Americerura annulifera (Berg, 1878)
- Americerura argynnis (Schaus, 1901)
- Americerura bratteata (Draudt, 1932)
- Americerura candida (Lintner, 1878)
- Americerura dandon (Druce, 1894)
- Americerura duonumenia (Dyar, 1912)
- Americerura grandis (Schaus, 1901)
- Americerura lancea (Schaus, 1905)
- Americerura presidio (Dyar 1922)
- Americerura purusa (Schaus, 1928)
- Americerura rarata (Walker, 1865)
- Americerura rivera (Schaus, 1901)
- Americerura scitiscripta (Walker, 1865) (black-etched prominent)
- Americerura splendens (Jones, 1908)
- Americerura tehuacana (Draudt, 1932)
- Americerura trigonostigma (Dyar, 1925)
- Americerura xicona (Dyar, 1924)
References
edit- ^ St Laurent, Ryan A; Goldstein, Paul Z; Miller, James S; Markee, Amanda; et al. (2023). "Phylogenetic systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cerurinae (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) and a description of a new genus". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 7 (2). doi:10.1093/isd/ixad004.
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