Artena (moth)

Artena
Artena dotata at Sabarimala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Ophiusini
Genus:	Artena Walker, 1858

Artena is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858. ^[1]

Species

• Artena angulata (Roepke, 1938)
• Artena certior (Walker, 1858)
• Artena convergens (Gaede, 1917)
• Artena dotata (Fabricius, 1794)
• Artena durfa (Plotz, 1880)
• Artena eccentrica Yoshimoto, 1999
• Artena inversa (Walker, 1858)
• Artena lacteicincta (Hampson, 1912)
• Artena rubida (Walker, 1863)
• Artena submira Walker, 1858
• Artena velutina L. B. Prout, 1919

Alberto Zilli and Willem Hogenes raised Artena velutina , originally described as a subspecies of Artena rubida , to species status in 2004.

References

1. Savela, Markku (July 6, 2019). "Artena Walker, 1858". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 25, 2019.

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Artena Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved November 25, 2019.