Alphaea (moth)
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| Alphaea florescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Alphaea Walker, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Alphaea fulvohirta Walker, 1855
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Alphaea is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855. They are found on India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java only.
Description[edit]
Palpi short and hairy, which extending beyond the frons. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Forewings are rather long and narrow.[1]
Species[edit]
Subgenus Alphaea sensu stricto[edit]
- Alphaea anopunctata (Oberthür, 1896)
- Alphaea dellabrunai Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2008
- Alphaea fulvohirta Walker, 1855
- Alphaea hongfena Fang, 1983
Subgenus Flavalphaea Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005[edit]
- Alphaea impleta (Walker, [1865])
- Alphaea khasiana (Rothschild, 1910)
Subgenus Nayaca Moore, 1879[edit]
- Alphaea chiyo Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005
- Alphaea florescens (Moore, 1879)
- Alphaea imbuta (Walker, 1855)
- Alphaea rothschildi Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005
- Alphaea turatii (Oberthür, 1911)
References[edit]
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2005: Review of the genus Alphaea Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Tinea 18 (4): 241-252, Tokyo.
- Fang, Ch., 1983: A new species of Alphaea from China (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 26 (2): 216-217, Beijing (in Chinese).
- Saldaitis, A., Ivinskis, P. & Witt, T., 2008: Alphaea dellabrunai sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from China. Acta Zoologica Lituanica 18 (3): 166-168, Vilnius.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
- Savela, Markku. "Alphaea Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
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