Argyarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths are found in Yunnan (China) and in Taiwan.
Argyarctia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
Genus: | Argyarctia Kôda, 1988 |
Type species | |
Diacrisia fuscobasalis Matsumura, 1930
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![Argyarctia fuscobasalis](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Argyarctia_fuscobasalis_%2842375083971%29.jpg/220px-Argyarctia_fuscobasalis_%2842375083971%29.jpg)
Species
edit- Argyarctia fuscobasalis (Matsumura, 1930)
- Argyarctia reikoae (Kishida, 1984)
Subgenus Fangalphaea Dubatolov & Kishida, 2007
edit- Argyarctia sericeipennis (Rothschild, 1933)
References
edit- Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2007: Review of the genus Argyarctia Kôda (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Euroasian Entomological Journal 6 (1): 81-84.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog