Ustjuzhania

Ustjuzhania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Spilosomini
Genus: Ustjuzhania
Dubatolov, 2009
Type species
Spilosoma lineata
Walker, 1855

Ustjuzhania is a genus of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae from South and East Africa.

Species

  • Ustjuzhania chionea (Hampson, 1900)
  • Ustjuzhania lineata (Walker, 1855)
    • Ustjuzhania lineata malawica Dubatolov, 2009
  • Ustjuzhania albida (Bartel, 1903)

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).
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog


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