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]
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| Genus: | Conicophoria Matsumura, 1929
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| Species: | C. formosana
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| Conicophoria formosana Matsumura, 1929
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Taxonomy
editLepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives this name as a synonym of Sesamia Guenée, 1852.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Conicophoria Matsumura, 1929". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ 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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