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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Boletobiinae |
| Tribe: | Aventiini |
| Genus: | Sophta Walker, |
Sophta is a genus of moths of the subfamily Boletobiinae of the family Erebidae. This genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Acontiinae within Noctuidae.
Species
- Sophta adusta Wileman & West, 1929
- Sophta concavata Walker,
- Sophta hapalopis Turner, 1925
- Sophta poecilota Turner, 1908
- Sophta ruficeps Walker, 1864
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Sophta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
- Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019). "Laspeyria Germar, 1810". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2019. Note: This source lists Sophta as a synonym of Laspeyria.
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