Alpenus

Alpenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Subtribe:Spilosomina
Genus:Alpenus
Walker, 1855
Type species
Alpenus aequalis
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Eminaria Bethune-Baker, 1908

Alpenus is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths are found in the Afrotropics.

Species

References

  • Watson, A., 1988 [1989]: A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 19: 251-291.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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