Calophasidia Explained

Calophasidia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1908. It is endemic to Australia.

The classification of this genus is unclear. It has been placed in the subfamily Hadeninae or Acronictinae; Keegan and colleagues (2021) considered its placement within Noctuidae as undefined (incertae sedis).

Species

There are six species:

• Calophasidia cana (Turner, 1939)
• Calophasidia dentifera Hampson, 1909
• Calophasidia dichroa (Hampson, 1926)
• Calophasidia latens (Turner, 1929)
• Calophasidia lucala (Swinhoe, 1902)
• Calophasidia radiata (Swinhoe, 1902)