Pangrapta bicornuta

Pangrapta bicornuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pangrapta
Species:
P. bicornuta
Binomial name
Pangrapta bicornuta
Galsworthy, 1997

Pangrapta bicornuta is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found in Hong Kong.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy

Despite being classified under the subfamily Pangraptinae, analysis of mitochondrial DNA has revealed that Pangrapta bicornuta is polyphyletic with Pangraptinae and is more closely related to Aganainae and Herminiinae than to its own subfamily. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Pangrapta bicornuta species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Pangrapta bicornuta". GBIF. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  3. ↑ "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index". The Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  4. ↑ Ghanavi, HR; Twort, V; Hartman, TJ (2022). "The (non) accuracy of mitochondrial genomes for family-level phylogenetics in Erebidae (Lepidoptera)". Zoologica Scripta.
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