Heterorta

Heterorta is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae described by Warren in 1913. Its only species, Heterorta plutonis, was first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1894. The species is known from Australia where it has been found in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

Heterorta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Genus: Heterorta
Warren, 1913
Species:
H. plutonis
Binomial name
Heterorta plutonis
(T. P. Lucas, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Thalpochares plutonis Lucas
  • Micraeschus pyrrhantha Meyrick, 1902
  • Micraeschus diacaustus Turner, 1902

Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (29 August 2020). "Heterorta plutonis (T.P. Lucas, 1895)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 24 September 2020.[1][2][3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Heterorta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku (16 November 2008). "Heterorta Warren in Seitz, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Heterorta Warren, 1913". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved 24 September 2020.


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