Bembina

Bembina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Tribe:Nygmiini
Genus:Bembina
Walker, 1865
Type species
Bembina apicalis
Walker, 1865[1]

Bembina is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae.

Walker circumscribed the genus in 1865 with his newly-described B. apicalis as its sole member.[1]

Species

As of 2017, the following six species are included in the genus.[2]

  • Bembina albinotata (Heylaerts, 1892)
  • Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865
  • Bembina atripuncta (Hampson, 1897)
  • Bembina isabellina (Hampson, 1892)
  • Bembina nucula (Swinhoe, 1894)
  • Bembina pseudaurantiaca Holloway, 1999

References

  1. 1 2 Walker, Francis (1865). "Genus Bembina". Supplement.—Part 2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 32. London: Edward Newman. p. 505.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Bembina Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 30 September 2017.


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