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Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
Histoea is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Histioea amazonica is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876. It is found in the Amazon region.
Histioea bellatrix is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
Histioea boliviana is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Bolivia.
Histioea cepheus is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found in Trinidad, Suriname and Venezuela.
Histioea excreta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1915. It is found in Peru.
Histioea falerina is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1907. It is found in Peru.
Histioea glaucozona is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1898. It is found in the Amazon region.
Histioea hoffmannsi is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1911. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).
Histioea imaon is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in the Amazon region.
Histioea maon is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1896. It is found in Bolivia.
Histioea paraensis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Joaquim Pereira Machado Jr. and Alfredo Rei do Régo Barros in 1971. It is found in Brazil.
Histioea paulina is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in São Paulo, Brazil.
Histioea peruana is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Max Gaede in 1926. It is found in Peru.
Histioea peruviana is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1915. It is found in Peru.
Histioea proserpina is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1827. It is found in the Amazon region.
Histioea tina is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in southern Brazil.
The large moth subfamily Arctiinae, the tiger moths, contains the following genera that have not yet been classified into one of the three tribes in the subfamily. This is a list of 167 extant genera, representing around 732 extant species, out of more than 9,000 in the whole of Arctiinae.
References
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
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