Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Ammogrotis Staudinger, 1895 . Dt. ent. Z. 8 : 358.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : NOCTUIDAE : NOCTUINAE

Type-species:
Ammogrotis suavis Staudinger, 1895. Dt. ent. Z. 8: 358, pl.6, fig.11.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by monotypy .

Type specimens:
Syntypes - 2 males [MONGOLIA]: Uliassutai, (MNHU, Berlin)..

Notes:
Poole (1989) included COENOPHILA stephens, 1850; AMMOGROTIS Staudinger, 1895; and HYPERNAENIA Hampson, 1904 as junior synonyms of EUGRAPHE Hübner, 1821.

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