Megalonycta

Megalonycta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Pierre Viette in 1965.[1][2][3][4]

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Megalonycta

Viette, 1965

Species

  • Megalonycta mediovitta (Rothschild, 1924) Madagascar, Comoros, Reunion
  • Megalonycta adelphica (A. E. Prout, 1927) São Tomé
  • Megalonycta forsteri Laporte, 1979 Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania
  • Megalonycta inversa (Gaede, 1915) Tanzania
  • Megalonycta paragrapha (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Megalonycta Viette, 1965". Afromoths. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Megalonycta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku (September 21, 2019). "Megalonycta Viette, 1965". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Megalonycta Viette, 1965". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  • Viette, P. (1965). "Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux genres et espèces de Noctuidae Amphipyrinae malgaches (Lep.)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 70: 85–91.


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