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