Itmaharela

Itmaharela
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genus: Itmaharela
Nye, 1975 (repl.name)[1]
Species: I. basalis
Binomial name
Itmaharela basalis
(Moore, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Harmatelia basalis Moore, 1882

Itmaharela is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

This is a replacement name by Nye (1975) for the preoccupied genus Harmatelia (Moore). Lödl & Paumkirchner transferred this genus to Hypeninae in 2001.[2]

At present, there is only one species in this genus: Itmaharela basalis Moore, 1882 that is known from India[3] and Taiwan.[4]

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