Phytometra
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 Phytometra apicata Barnes & McDunnough, 1916Phytometra carnea Phytometra coniota Phytometra curvifera Phytometra duplicalis Phytometra ernestinana Blanchard, 1840 - Ernestine's mothPhytometra euchroa Hampson, 1918Phytometra formosalis Walker, 1866Phytometra haemaceps Phytometra haematoessa Phytometra helesusalis Phytometra heliriusalis Phytometra hypopsamma Phytometra laevis Swinhoe, 1901Phytometra lentistriata Phytometra luna Zerny, 1927Phytometra magalium Phytometra nigrogemmea Romieux, 1943Phytometra nyctichroa Phytometra obliqualis Dyar, 1912Phytometra orgiae Grote, 1875Phytometra olivescens Phytometra opsiphora Phytometra ossea Phytometra pentheus Phytometra pyralomima Phytometra rhodopa Phytometra rhodarialis Walker, 1859 - pink-bordered yellow mothPhytometra sacraria Phytometra sanctiflorentis Boisduval, 1834Phytometra signifera Phytometra silona Phytometra subflavalis Phytometra umbrifera Phytometra viridaria Clerck, 1759 - small purple-barred