Biology:Ballatha

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Ballatha
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Ballatha

Walker, [1866][1]
Type species
Ballatha laeta
Walker, [1866][1]
Synonyms
  • Hyposcota Hampson, 1912[1]

Ballatha is an Indomalayan genus of moths in the family Nolidae,[1] in which it is either placed incertae sedis,[2][1] or as part of the subfamily Chloephorinae.[3][4] The genus was formerly considered part of the Noctuidae, subfamily Chloephorinae.[lower-alpha 1]

Ballatha species are known to occur in northern India and Myanmar (B. laeta), Hainan (B. aurata) and on Borneo (B. willotti).[1][2]

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • Ballatha aurata (Warren, 1916)
  • Ballatha laeta Walker, [1866]
  • Ballatha willotti Holloway, 2003

Notes and references

  1. Chloephorinae is nowadays considered part of the Nolidae.[5]
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Savela, Markku. "Ballatha Walker, [1866"]. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/nolidae/ballatha/. Retrieved 16 February 2019. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ballatha Walker". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/unassigned/unassigned_2.php. Retrieved 16 February 2019. 
  3. Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Ballatha Walker, 1866". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=3523.0. Retrieved 16 February 2019. 
  4. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ballatha Walker 1866". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=85983898. Retrieved 13 December 2016. 
  5. Savela, Markku. "Chloephorinae". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/nolidae/chloephorinae/. Retrieved 16 February 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13616831 entry