Rhiza

Rhiza (from ῥίζα 'root') is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was described by Staudinger in 1889.[1][2][3]

Rhiza
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Hadeninae
Genus: Rhiza
Staudinger, 1889

Species

Subgenus Rhiza

  • Rhiza sergia (Püngeler, 1901) western Turkestan, Mongolia
  • Rhiza commoda Staudinger, 1889 Armenia, Turkestan, Mongolia
  • Rhiza idumaea (Püngeler, 1901) Palestine
  • Rhiza schlumbergeri (Püngeler, 1905) Turkestan
  • Rhiza stenoptera (Boursin, 1970)

Subgenus Gryphadena Kusnezov, 1908

  • Rhiza indigna (Christoph, 1887) Turkey
  • Rhiza minuta (Püngeler, 1900) southern Urals, western Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan

Subgenus Graphantha Ronkay, Varga & Fábián, 1995

  • laciniosa species group
    • Rhiza laciniosa (Christoph, 1887) Turkey, Turkestan, Mongolia
    • Rhiza calligrapha (Ronkay & Varga, 1989)
  • gnorima species group
    • Rhiza gnorima (Püngeler, 1906)

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Rhiza". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku (May 15, 2020). "Rhiza Staudinger, 1889". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Rhiza Staudinger, 1889". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 7, 2020.


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