Xanthomera

Xanthomera
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Genus: Xanthomera
Hampson, 1914
Species:
X. leucoglene
Binomial name
Xanthomera leucoglene
(Mabille, 1880)
Synonyms

Generic

  • Xanthozona Hampson, 1910

Specific

  • Erastria leucoglene
  • Metachrostis robusta (Saalmüller, 1891)

Xanthomera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1914. Its only species, Xanthomera leucoglene, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found in central, southern and eastern Africa and on Madagascar.

Its wingspan is 18 mm.