Biology:Arsina

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Short description: Genus of moths

Arsina
Catocalinae-Arsina silenalis-04.jpg
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Arsina

Guenée, 1862
Species:
Arsina silenalis
Binomial name
A. silenalis
Guenée, 1862
Synonyms
  • Hypena glyptalis Mabille, 1880
  • Arsina glyptalis
  • Hypospila nigropicta Heyden, 1891
  • Arsina nigropicta

Arsina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Arsina silenalis is found on the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion, Aldabra and Madagascar . Both the genus and the species were first described by Achille Guenée in 1862.[1][2][3]

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Arsina Guenée, 1862". http://www.afromoths.net/genus/show/700340. Retrieved November 12, 2017. 
  2. Papillons de la Réunion: 404. ISBN:978-2-914817-07-3
  3. Savela, Markku (March 4, 2012). "Arsina Guenée, 1862". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/hypeninae/arsina/. Retrieved February 13, 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2864421 entry