Gerra (moth)
| Gerra | |
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| G. radiata in Caetité (Brazil) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaristinae |
| Genus: | Gerra Walker, 1865 |
| Synonyms | |
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Gerra is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865.[1][2] It is distributed in the Americas, from southern United States to northern Argentina.[2]
Species
There are seven recognized species:[1][2]
- Gerra aelia H. Druce, 1889
- Gerra brephos Draudt, 1919
- Gerra lunata Köhler, 1936
- Gerra radiata Becker, 2010[3]
- Gerra radicalis Walker, 1865
- Gerra sevorsa Grote, 1882
- Gerra sevorsa aedessa H. Druce, 1889
- Gerra sophocles Dyar, 1912
References
- ^ a b "Gerra Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ^ a b c Savela, Markku, ed. (May 14, 2020). "Gerra Walker, [1865]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Becker, Vitor O. (August 2010). "Misplaced Neotropical Agaristinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), with descriptions of new taxa". Zoologia (Curitiba). 27 (4): 569–576. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702010000400009.