Carmara

Carmara
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Genus: Carmara
Walker, [1863]
Species:
C. subcervina
Binomial name
Carmara subcervina
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms

Generic

  • Gyrognatha Hampson, 1893
  • Zagira Walker, 1866

Specific

  • Zagira acidaliaria Walker, 1866
  • Gyrognatha atriceps Hampson, 1893

Carmara is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Carmara subcervina, is found in Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan, Borneo and Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1864.

Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives Carmara as a synonym of Nechesia Walker, 1862.Savela, Markku, ed. (August 30, 2019). "Nechesia Walker, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 22, 2020.