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Antitype (moth)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Noctuidae

Lower classifications
  
Grey chi, Antitype armena

Antitype is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

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.

Species

  • Antitype africana Berio, 1939
  • Antitype armena (Eversmann, 1856)
  • Antitype chi – grey chi (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Antitype chionodes Boursin, 1968
  • Antitype jonis (Lederer, 1865)
  • Antitype suda (Geyer, [1832])
  • Antitype kalchbergi is now known as Brachygalea kalchbergi (Staudinger, 1897).

    References

    Antitype (moth) Wikipedia


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