Hoplolythra
Genus of moths
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Hoplolythra, erected as a moth genus by George Hampson in 1910, is now considered a synonym of Cirrhophanus Grote, 1872 by Butterflies and Moths of the World[1] or of Eulithosia H. Edwards, 1884 by Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.[2]
| Hoplolythra | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Acronictinae |
| Genus: | Hoplolythra Hampson, 1910 |
Former species
- Hoplolythra arivaca is now Hoplolythrodes arivaca Barnes, 1907
- Hoplolythra discistriga is now Eulithosia discistriga J. B. Smith, 1903
