Phytometra is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809.
Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.
Species Some species of this genus are: Phytometra africana (Snellen, 1872) Phytometra apicata Barnes & McDunnough, 1916 Phytometra bipuncta Stadie & Strutzberg, 2026 (from northern Madagascar) Phytometra carnea (Prout A. E., 1922) Phytometra coniota (Hampson, 1926) Phytometra conicephala (Staudinger, 1870) (from Spain) Phytometra curvifera (Hampson, 1926) Phytometra duplicalis (Walker, 1866) Phytometra ernestinana Blanchard, 1840 – Ernestine's moth Phytometra euchroa Hampson, 1918 Phytometra flavissima (Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010) (from Sokotra) Phytometra formosalis Walker, 1866 Phytometra haemaceps (Hampson, 1910) Phytometra haematoessa (Hampson, 1910) Phytometra helesusalis (Walker, 1859) Phytometra heliriusalis (Walker, 1859) Phytometra hypopsamma (Hampson, 1926) Phytometra laevis Swinhoe, 1901 Phytometra lentistriata (Hampson, 1910) Phytometra luna Zerny, 1927 Phytometra magalium (Townsend, 1958) Phytometra nigrogemmea Romieux, 1943 Phytometra nyctichroa (Hampson, 1926) Phytometra obliqualis Dyar, 1912 Phytometra orgiae Grote, 1875 Phytometra olivescens (Hampson, 1910) Phytometra opsiphora (Hampson, 1926) Phytometra ossea (Saalmüller, 1891) Phytometra pentheus (Fawcett, 1916) Phytometra pyralomima (Wiltshire, 1961) Phytometra rhodopa (Bethune-Baker, 1911) Phytometra rhodarialis Walker, 1859 – pink-bordered yellow moth Phytometra sacraria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Phytometra flavissima (Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010) (from Madagascar) Phytometra sanctiflorentis Boisduval, 1834 Phytometra signifera (Hampson, 1926) Phytometra silona (Schaus, 1893) Phytometra subflavalis (Walker, 1865) Phytometra umbrifera (Hampson, 1910) Phytometra viridaria Clerck, 1759 – small purple-barred Phytometra zotica (Viette, 1956)
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