Megalonycta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Pierre Viette in 1965.[1][2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Amphipyrinae |
| Genus: | Megalonycta Viette, 1965 |
Species
edit- Megalonycta mediovitta (Rothschild, 1924) Madagascar, Comoros
- Megalonycta adelphica (A. E. Prout, 1927) São Tomé
- Megalonycta forsteri Laporte, 1979 Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania
- Megalonycta kissa Bippus, 2020 from Reunion
- Megalonycta inversa (Gaede, 1915) Tanzania
- Megalonycta paragrapha (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Megalonycta Viette, 1965". Afromoths. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Megalonycta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (September 21, 2019). "Megalonycta Viette, 1965". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Megalonycta Viette, 1965". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- Viette, P. (1965). "Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux genres et espèces de Noctuidae Amphipyrinae malgaches (Lep.)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 70: 85–91.
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