Macristis

Macristis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Herminiinae
Genus:	Macristis Schaus, 1916

Macristis is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Schaus in 1916.[1][2][3]

Species

• Macristis bilinealis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
• Macristis geminipunctalis Schaus, 1916
• Macristis pharosalis Schaus, 1916
• Macristis schausi Barnes & Benjamin, 1924

References

1. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (March 19, 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
2. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. S2CID 84249695.
3. Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Macristis Schaus, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 28, 2020.