Hyarias

Hyarias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Hyarias
Swinhoe, 1892
Species: H. metarhoda
Binomial name
Hyarias metarhoda
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma metarhoda Walker, 1856
  • Diacrisia metarhoda

Hyarias is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus contains only one species, Hyarias metarhoda, described by Francis Walker in 1856, which is strictly endemic for the Philippines.

Taxonomy

This species was previously included in Spilosoma, but those species have quite different male genitalia.[1]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Hyarias Swinhoe, 1892". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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