Biology:Allanwatsonia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Allanwatsonia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Allanwatsonia
Ferguson, 1985
Species:
A. hodeva
Binomial name
Allanwatsonia hodeva
(H. Druce, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Hoplarctia hodeva Schaus, 1894
  • Hoplarctia hodewa flava C. Hoffmann, 1936
  • Hoplarctia confluens C. Hoffmann, 1936
  • Hoplarctia lugubris C. Hoffmann, 1936
  • Pericallia postalalis Strand, 1919

Allanwatsonia is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Douglas C. Ferguson in 1985. Its only species, Allanwatsonia hodeva, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Mexico.[1][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13624073 entry