Lophocerynea

Lophocerynea is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1918. Its only species, Lophocerynea punctata, was first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1906. It is found in New Guinea.[1][2][3]

Lophocerynea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Lophocerynea

Hampson, 1918
Species:
L. punctata
Binomial name
Lophocerynea punctata
Synonyms
  • Phanaspa punctata Bethune-Baker, 1906

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocerynea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku (August 27, 2019). "Lophocerynea Hampson, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Lophocerynea Hampson, 1918". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 7, 2020.


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