Rhosus (butterfly)
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Rhosus is a genus of butterflies in the owl butterfly family(Noctuidae).
features
The species of the genus Rhosus share features of the male genitalia. These have a long, strong cornutus on the vesica.
distribution
The species of the genus Rhosus occur exclusively in the Neotropic ( South America ).
Systematics
The genus consists of at least 18 species.
- Rhosus aeruginosa Walker , 1854-
- Rhosus aguirreri mountain , 1882 - Argentina
- Rhosus albiceps Draudt , 1919 - Colombia
- Rhosus clavigera Walker , 1854-
- Rhosus columbiana Hampson , 1910 - Colombia
- Rhosus denieri Koehler , 1936 - Argentina
- Rhosus isabella Dognin , 1898 - Ecuador
- Rhosus judsoni ( Schaus , 1933) ( syn.Cabralia judsoni ) - Ecuador
- Rhosus leuconoe fields , 1874 - Colombia
- Rhosus ornata Jörgensen , 1935 - Argentina
- Rhosus ovata Rothschild , 1896 - Brazil
- Rhosus pampeana Jörgensen , 1935 - Argentina
- Rhosus posticus Walker , 1854 - Brazil, Venezuela
- Rhosus pulverosa Rothschild , 1896 - Venezuela
- Rhosus quadrimacula Herrich-Schäffer , 1855 -
- Rhosus spadicea fields , 1874 - Colombia
- Rhosus storniana Koehler , 1936 - Argentina
- Rhosus unipuncta Schaus , 1896 -
swell
- Rhosus Walker, 1854 . Accessed on 7 August 2020at: ic.funet.fi .
- Vitor O. Becker. Misplaced Neotropical Agaristinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), with descriptions of new taxa. In: Zoologia. Volume 27, No. 4, August 2010, pp. 569-576 ( full text as PDF ).
- Catalog of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist → Rhosus On: catalogueoflife.org ; accessed on August 7, 2020.
Web links
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