| Paralpenus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Paralpenus Watson, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Hyphoraia atripes Hampson, 1909 | |
Paralpenus is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from the Afrotropics. The genus was described by Watson in 1988. [1]
The Arctiini are a tribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.
Acantharctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae, found in the Afrotropics.
Alpenus is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths are found in the Afrotropics.
Amerila is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. A number of species in this genus have a special defence mechanism when they are in their adult stage. When disturbed, they exude a frothy yellow fluid from glands beside the eyes, while making a sizzling noise to ward off their attacker. Similar behaviour has been observed in fertilised females of the North-American moth Utetheisa ornatrix.
Creatonotos is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths in the genus are found in the Afrotropics, South and East Asia, Sundaland and Australia.
Cyana is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Eyralpenus is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. The moths in the genus are found in the Afrotropics.
Halysidota is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Hyponerita is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1901.
Micralarctia is a genus of moth in the family Erebidae from the Afrotropics.
Teracotona is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from the Afrotropics. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.
Oraesia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Madagascarctia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from Madagascar. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. As per David T. Goodger and Allan Watson (1995) the species of this genus have whitish wings speckled with brown.
Pericaliella is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae that is known from the Afrotropics. It includes one species Pericaliella melanodisca from Cameroon, Zaire, Uganda and Rwanda.
Radiarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from Afrotropics.
Pseudoradiarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from Afrotropics.
Paralpenus flavicosta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1909. It is found in Cameroon, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Paralpenus wintgensi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Strand in 1909. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Pseudlepista flavicosta is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1910. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone.
The Metarbelidae are a family of the Cossoidea also called the carpenter or goat moths, and is sometimes treated as a subfamily, Metarbelinae of the Cossidae. No synapomorphies are shared with the Cossidae based on adult morphology. The family Metarbelidae was first described by Embrik Strand in 1909.
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