Aethria | |
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Aethria melanobasis, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Tribe: | Arctiini |
Genus: | Aethria Hübner, 1819 |
Synonyms | |
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Aethria is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. There are about 13 described species in Aethria, found in the Neotropics. [1] [2]
These 9 species belong to the genus Aethria: [2]
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Aethria felderi is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1911. It is found in Suriname and Brazil.
Aethria haemorrhoidalis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Stoll in 1790. It is found in Belize, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.
Aethria hampsoni is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1902. It is found in Venezuela.
Aethria ornata is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Édouard Ménétries in 1857. It is found in Brazil.
Aethria paula is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William Schaus in 1894. It is found in Brazil.
Aethria pyroproctis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1914. It is found in Peru.
Aethria splendens is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Peter Jörgensen in 1935. It is found in Paraguay.
Dunama is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae described by William Schaus in 1912.
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