Biology:Alphaea (moth)
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Short description: Genus of moths
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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
Palpi short and hairy, which extending beyond the frons. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Forewings are rather long and narrow.[1]
Species
Subgenus Alphaea sensu stricto
- Alphaea anopunctata (Oberthür, 1896)
- Alphaea dellabrunai Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2008
- Alphaea fulvohirta Walker, 1855
- Alphaea hongfena Fang, 1983
Subgenus Flavalphaea Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005
- Alphaea impleta (Walker, [1865])
- Alphaea khasiana (Rothschild, 1910)
Subgenus Nayaca Moore, 1879
- Alphaea chiyo Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005
- Alphaea florescens (Moore, 1879)
- Alphaea imbuta (Walker, 1855)
- Alphaea rothschildi Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005
- Alphaea turatii (Oberthür, 1911)
References
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
- 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". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS.
- Savela, Markku. "Alphaea Walker, 1855". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/alphaea/. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q4735237 entry
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