Honeyania is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Emilio Berio in 1989. Its only species, Honeyania ragusana, was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1845. It is found from south-eastern Europe through Australia.[1]
| Honeyania | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Honeyania Berio, 1989 |
| Species: | H. ragusana
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| Binomial name | |
| Honeyania ragusana (Freyer, 1845)
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Taxonomy
editThe genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Eublemminae of the Erebidae or in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (February 12, 2012). "Honeyania Berio, 1989". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ "Honeyania". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.