Callicereon

Callicereon is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Arthur Gardiner in 1882. Its only species, Callicereon heterochroa, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1879.[1][2][3] It is found on Madagascar.[4]

Callicereon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Subfamily:
Amphipyrinae
Genus:
Callicereon

Butler, 1882
Species:
C. heterochroa
Binomial name
Callicereon heterochroa
(Mabille, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Deiopeja [sic] heterochroa Mabille, 1879
  • Callicereon affine Butler, 1882

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Callicereon". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku (October 17, 2019). "Callicereon Butler, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Callicereon Butler, 1882". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Callicereon heterochroa (Mabille, 1879)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 22, 2020.


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