Maxera

Maxera is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Francis Walker in 1865.

Maxera
Maxera lophocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Calpinae
Genus:
Maxera

Walker, 1865
Type species
Maxera subocellata
Walker, 1865
Synonyms
  • Parathermes Hampson, 1902

Species

Some species of this genus are:[1]

  • Maxera arizanensis Wileman 1914
  • Maxera atripunctata (Hampson, 1910)
  • Maxera bathyscia D. S. Fletcher, 1961
  • Maxera brachypecten Hampson, 1926
  • Maxera brunneoasperus Griveaud & Viette, 1962
  • Maxera digoniata (Hampson, 1902)
  • Maxera discosticta Hampson 1897
  • Maxera euryptera Hampson, 1926
  • Maxera kanshireiensis
  • Maxera inclusa (Strand, 1912)
  • Maxera laportei (Viette, 1979)
  • Maxera lophocera (Hampson, 1910)
  • Maxera marchalii (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Maxera nigriceps (Walker, 1858)
  • Maxera nova (Viette, 1956)
  • Maxera oblita Moore 1882
  • Maxera pallidula (Butler, 1875)
  • Maxera subocellata Walker, 1865
  • Maxera zygia (Wallengren, 1863)

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Maxera Walker, 1865". Afromoths. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  • Walker, 1865. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum (33): 809
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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