Cydosia

Cydosia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Tribe: Cydosiini
Genus: Cydosia
Synonyms
  • Eggyna Walker, 1866
  • Penthetria Edwards, 1881
  • Tantura Kirby, 1892

The noctuid ("owlet") moth genus Cydosia is the only member of the tribe Cydosiini in the Acontiinae subfamily. The few species occur from Argentina along the Andes to the Caribbean and Central America, reaching into the southern states of the USA.

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