Parahypenodes

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Parahypenodes
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Parahypenodes
Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
Species:
P. quadralis
Binomial name
Parahypenodes quadralis
Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Parahypenodes is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Parahypenodes quadralis, the masked parahypenodes moth, is found in the Canadian province of Quebec. Both the genus and species were first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918.[1]

Taxonomy[]

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Hypeninae of the families Erebidae or Noctuidae.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Parahypenodes Barnes & McDunnough, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  2. ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. S2CID 84249695.
  3. ^ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.


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