Areas galactina

Areas galactina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Areas
Species:	A. galactina
Binomial name
	Areas galactina; (Hoeven, 1840)
Synonyms
	Chelonia galactina Hoeven, 1840; Pericallia galactina f. walshiae Roepke, 1938; Pericallia galactina latifascia Rothschild, 1933; Pericallia galactina ochracea; Areas orientalis Walker, 1855; Pericallia galactina ab. khasiana Rothschild, 1914; Numenes trigonalis Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863; Areas cana Druce, 1899; Pericallia galactina intermedia Rothschild, 1933; Areas galactina intermedia Rothschild, 1933;

Areas galactina is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Hoeven in 1840. It is found in China (Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hubei), Taiwan, the north-western Himalayas, India (Sikkim, Assam, Andamans), Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Indochina, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sundaland.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 32–35 mm for males and 40–42 mm for females.^[2]

Subspecies

Areas galactina galactina
Areas galactina formosana Okano, 1960 (Taiwan)
Areas galactina hollowayi Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009 (Malaysia: Sabah)
Areas galactina inouei Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009 (Vietnam)
Areas galactina khasiana Daniel, 1943
Areas galactina latifascia (Rothschild, 1933) (Andamans)
Areas galactina ochracea Mell, 1922 (China: Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hubei)
Areas galactina orientalis (Walker, 1855) (Assam, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh)
Areas galactina owadai Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009 (Philippines: Palawan, Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Leyte, Negros)
Areas galactina trigonalis (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863) (Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo)

Dubatolov, V.V. , P.G. Haynes & Y. Kishida, 2009: Subspecies of Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae): 25 years after H. Inoue's review. Tinea 20 (5): 316-329.
Hoeven, J. van der, 1840: Beschrijving eeniger nieuwe of weining bekende uitlandsche soorten van Lepidoptera. Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie 7: 276-283, pl. 5-7, S. en J. Luchtmans: Leiden.
Roepke, W., 1938: Ueber Indomalayische Nachfalter (Lep. Heteroc.). V. Entomologische Zeitschrift 52: 157-160, Frankfurt am Main.

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