Chalcopasta

Chalcopasta
Chalcopasta territans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Stiriinae
Tribe:	Stiriini
Genus:	Chalcopasta Hampson, 1908

Chalcopasta is a genus of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are about nine described species in Chalcopasta.[1][2]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Chalcopasta:

• Chalcopasta acantha Druce, 1889
• Chalcopasta acema (Druce, 1889)
• Chalcopasta ellica Dyar, 1915
• Chalcopasta fulgens Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
• Chalcopasta howardi (H. Edwards, 1877)
• Chalcopasta pterochalcea Dyar, 1909
• Chalcopasta riandana Dyar, 1912
• Chalcopasta sinuata Hampson, 1918
• Chalcopasta territans (H. Edwards, 1884)

Former species

• Chalcopasta koebelei is now Argentostiria koebelei (Riley, 1893)

References

1. "Chalcopasta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
2. "Chalcopasta genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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