Schistomitra
| Schistomitra | |
|---|---|
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| S. joelmineti (1-5), S. funeralis (6-8) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epicopeiidae |
| Genus: | Butler, 1881 |
Schistomitra is a moth genus in the family Epicopeiidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. The genus was regarded as a monotypic taxon for a long time, however a second species was newly described in 2019.[1]
Species
- Schistomitra funeralis Butler, 1881
- Schistomitra joelmineti Huang & Wang, 2019
References
- ^ Si-Yao Huang; Yuan Zhang; Min Wang; Xiao-Ling Fan (2019). "First record of the genus Schistomitra Butler, 1881 (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae) from China, with the description of a new species". ZooKeys (878): 145–155. doi:10.3897/zookeys.878.35364. PMC 6791896. PMID 31632178.