Antitype_(moth)

<i>Antitype</i> (moth)

Antitype (moth)

Genus of moths

Antitype is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821.[1][2][3]

Quick Facts Antitype, Scientific classification ...

The scientific name is derived from the Greek antitupos (something that returns). Hübner probably referred to similarities with a genus which was described earlier, probably Polymixis.[4]

Species

  • Antitype africana Berio, 1939
  • Antitype armena (Eversmann, 1856)
  • Antitype chi (Linnaeus, 1758) – grey chi
  • Antitype chionodes Boursin, 1968
  • Antitype jonis (Lederer, 1865)
  • Antitype suda (Geyer, [1832])

Antitype kalchbergi is now known as Brachygalea kalchbergi (Staudinger, 1897).

References

  1. [1]
    Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Antitype​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. [2]
    Savela, Markku (April 20, 2020). "Antitype Hübner, [1821]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  3. [3]
    Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Antitype Hübner, 1821". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Chi-uil Antitype chi". De Vlinderstichting. Retrieved January 23, 2021.


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