Chortodes

Chortodes
Chortodes fluxus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Chortodes Tutt, 1897

Chortodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus is considered a synonym of Photedes, and may be invalid.

Species

• Chortodes dulcis (Oberthür, 1918)
• Chortodes extremus – concolorous (Hübner, [1809])
• Chortodes fluxus – mere wainscot (Hübner, [1809])
• Chortodes morrisii (Dale, 1837)

Until recently placed here

• Denticucullus mabillei (D. Lucas, 1907) (previously Chortodes mabillei)
• Denticucullus pygmina – small wainscot (Haworth, 1809) (previously Chortodes pygmina or Chortodes pygminus)

References

• Chortodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database