Oxyptera

Oxyptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Oxyptera; Laguerre, 2023
Type species
	Ecpantheria steinbachi; Rothschild, 1910

Oxyptera is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae that was erected by French entomologist Michel Laguerre in 1883. Many of the species in the genus were split from the genus Hypercompe.

Taxonomy

The following species are recognised in the genus Oxyptera:

Oxyptera brasiliensis (Oberthür, 1881)
Oxyptera cotyora (Druce, 1884)
Oxyptera ecpantherioides (Rothschild, 1935)
Oxyptera guyanensis (Laguerre, 2009)
Oxyptera laeta (Walker, 1855)
Oxyptera leucarctioides (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
Oxyptera magdalenae (Oberthür, 1881)
Oxyptera ochreator (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Oxyptera persephone (Tessmann, 1928)
Oxyptera praeclara (Oberthür, 1881)
Oxyptera steinbachi (Rothschild, 1910)
Oxyptera unilineata (Gaede, 1928)

References

1 2 Laguerre, Michel (November 2023). "Generic revision of Hypercompe Hübner, [1818] and allied genera with descriptions of new genera and new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)". Faunitaxys. 11 (75). AFCFF (Association française de Cartographie de la Faune et de la Flore): 1–34. doi:10.57800/faunitaxys-11(75).

[:1-1] 1 2 Laguerre, Michel (November 2023). "Generic revision of Hypercompe Hübner, [1818] and allied genera with descriptions of new genera and new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)". Faunitaxys. 11 (75). AFCFF (Association française de Cartographie de la Faune et de la Flore): 1–34. doi:10.57800/faunitaxys-11(75).