Alphaea (moth)

Alphaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Subtribe:Spilosomina
Genus:Alphaea
Walker, 1855
Type species
Alphaea fulvohirta
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Nyaca Moore, 1879
  • Nayaca Moore, 1879

Alphaea is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. They are found on India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java only.

Description

Palpi short and hairy, which extending beyond the frons. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Fore wings are rather long and narrow.[1]

Species

Subgenus Alphaea sensu stricto

Subgenus Flavalphaea Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005

Subgenus Nayaca Moore, 1879

References

  1. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  • Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2005: Review of the genus Alphaea Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Tinea 18 (4): 241-252, Tokyo.
  • Fang, Ch., 1983: A new species of Alphaea from China (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 26 (2): 216-217, Beijing (in Chinese).
  • Saldaitis, A., Ivinskis, P. & Witt, T., 2008: Alphaea dellabrunai sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from China. Acta Zoologica Lituanica 18 (3): 166-168, Vilnius.
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
  • Alphaea at funet


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