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Phycopterus
Phycopterus is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family found in Chile, first described by Émile Blanchard in Gay, 1852. The type species is P. flavellus, and two other species, P. rubritincta and P. signariellus, have been described.
It was described as: Body fairly slender. Head short, rounded. Protruding eyes. Setaceous (bristled) antennae in both sexes, simple, somewhat more dense in males than in females. Palpi three times longer than the head, rights, pointed and very flaky, with the last joint with a pointed end, almost acute. Oblong thorax. Forewings rather broad, nearly triangular, almost straight terminal edge. Hindwing rounded. Legs thin and very long. Abdomen conical.