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Definition of Phalaena

Phalaena
Phalaena Pha*l[ae]"na, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a kind od moth.] (Zo["o]l.) A linn[ae]an genus which included the moths in general.

Meaning of Phalaena from wikipedia

- Phalaena is an obsolete genus of Lepidoptera used by Carl Linnaeus to house most moths. Phalaena was one of three genera used by Linnaeus to cover all...
- Amblygobius phalaena, the Sleeper Banded goby, white-barred goby, is a species of goby native to tropical reefs of the western Pacific Ocean and through...
- pellionella, the case-bearing clothes moth. Obsolete names are: Phalaena (Tinea) pellionella, Phalaena zoolegella, Tinea demiurga, Tinea gerasimovi, and Tinea...
- Thelosia phalaena is a moth in the Apatelodidae family. It was described by William Schaus in 1896. It is found in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). The wingspan...
- Lepidoptera. Linnaeus divided the group into three genera – Papilio, Sphinx and Phalaena. The first two, together with the seven subdivisions of the third, are...
- modern sense. At that time most moths were included in a single genus "Phalaena", but Tinea was already recognized as a distinct subgenus. Some later researchers...
- Synonyms Phalaena Bombyx lubricipeda Linnaeus, 1758 Spilosoma lubricipedum Bombyx menthastri [Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775] Spilosoma menthastri Phalaena lepus...
- 1764) Phalaena phalonia Linnaeus, 1763 Phalaena fullonia Clerck, 1764 Phalaena fullonica Linnaeus, 1767 Noctua dioscoreae Fabricius, 1775 Phalaena pomona...
- subditella (Walker, 1864) Gelechia subditella Walker, 1864 Phalaena fenestrella Scopoli, 1763 Phalaena (Tinea) sarcitrella (Linnaeus, 1758) Tinea betulinella...
- 1758, Carl Linnaeus first characterized two species of the genus Phalaena. Phalaena ornatrix was used to describe the paler moth specimens, and Utetheisa...