Teracotona

Teracotona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Subtribe:Spilosomina
Genus:Teracotona
Butler, 1878
Type species
Aloa rhodophaea
Walker, [1865] 1864
Synonyms
  • Macronyx Felder, 1874

Teracotona is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from the Afrotropics.

Species

Subgenus Teracotona Butler, 1878

Subgenus Neoteracotona Dubatolov, 2009

Subgenus Pseudoteracotona Dubatolov, 2009

Teracotona sensu lato

Incorrectly placed species

References

  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2009: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V.Kovtunovich & P. Usthjuzhanin in 2008-2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Atalanta 40 (1/2): 285-301, 352-355 (colour plates 24-27).
  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2011: Arctiinae from African expeditions of V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin in 2009-2011, with description of new taxa and taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 42 (1/2): 125-135.
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
  • Teracotona at funet



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