The genus has previously been classified in the Phytometrinae subfamily within Erebidae or in the Calpinae subfamily of the Noctuidae family.
Some species of this genus are:
Phytometra africana (Snellen, 1872)Phytometra apicata Barnes & McDunnough, 1916Phytometra carnea (Prout A. E., 1922)Phytometra coniota (Hampson, 1926)Phytometra curvifera (Hampson, 1926)Phytometra duplicalis (Walker, 1866)Phytometra ernestinana Blanchard, 1840 – Ernestine's MothPhytometra euchroa Hampson, 1918Phytometra formosalis Walker, 1866Phytometra haemaceps (Hampson, 1910)Phytometra haematoessa (Hampson, 1910)Phytometra helesusalis (Walker, 1859)Phytometra heliriusalis (Walker, 1859)Phytometra hypopsamma (Hampson, 1926)Phytometra laevis Swinhoe, 1901Phytometra lentistriata (Hampson, 1910)Phytometra luna Zerny, 1927Phytometra magalium (Townsend, 1958)Phytometra nigrogemmea Romieux, 1943Phytometra nyctichroa (Hampson, 1926)Phytometra obliqualis Dyar, 1912Phytometra orgiae Grote, 1875Phytometra 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 MothPhytometra sacraria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)Phytometra sanctiflorentis Boisduval, 1834Phytometra signifera (Hampson, 1926)Phytometra silona (Schaus, 1893)Phytometra subflavalis (Walker, 1865)Phytometra umbrifera (Hampson, 1910)Phytometra viridaria – Small Purple-Barred Clerck, 1759Phytometra zotica (Viette, 1956)
