Alphaea (moth)

Alphaea
	Alphaea florescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Alphaea ; Walker, 1855
Type species
	Alphaea fulvohirta; Walker, 1855
Synonyms
	NyacaMoore, 1879; NayacaMoore, 1879;

Last updated January 05, 2021

Alphaea is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855. They are found on India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java only.

Description

Palpi short and hairy, which extending beyond the frons. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Forewings are rather long and narrow.^[1]

Species

Subgenus Alphaea sensu stricto

Alphaea anopunctata (Oberthür, 1896)
Alphaea dellabrunai Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2008
Alphaea fulvohirta Walker, 1855
Alphaea hongfena Fang, 1983

Subgenus Flavalphaea Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005

Alphaea impleta (Walker, [1865])
Alphaea khasiana (Rothschild, 1910)

Subgenus Nayaca Moore, 1879

Alphaea chiyo Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005
Alphaea florescens (Moore, 1879)
Alphaea imbuta (Walker, 1855)
Alphaea rothschildi Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005
Alphaea turatii (Oberthür, 1911)

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References

↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2005: Review of the genus Alphaea Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Tinea18 (4): 241-252, Tokyo.
Fang, Ch., 1983: A new species of Alphaea from China (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica26 (2): 216-217, Beijing (in Chinese).
Saldaitis, A., Ivinskis, P. & Witt, T., 2008: Alphaea dellabrunai sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from China. Acta Zoologica Lituanica18 (3): 166-168, Vilnius.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Savela, Markku. "Alphaea Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2019.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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