Biology:Rahona

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Rahona is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae. It was named by Paul Griveaud in 1975.[1][2]

Most of the species of this genus occur in central Africa or Madagascar.

The name was inadvertently used again in 1998 for a fossil species of Avian theropod Rahona ostromi, by Catherine Forster and colleagues. When they discovered that the name had already been used by Griveaud, they renamed the fossil Rahonavis.[3]

Species

Some species of this genus are:[4]

  • Rahona albilunula (Collenette 1936)[5]
  • Rahona albimaculata Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona bicornuta Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona brunnea Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona brunneicubitata Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona caeruleibasalis Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona collenettei Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona compseuta (Collenette, 1939)
  • Rahona hayesi Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona hecqui Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona hypnotoides (Collenette, 1957)
  • Rahona ladburyi (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Rahona nigrofumata Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona seitzi (Hering, 1926)
  • Rahona stauropa Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona stauropoeides (Collenette, 1960)
  • Rahona subzairensis Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona unica Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona watsoni Dall'Asta, 1981
  • Rahona zairensis Dall'Asta, 1981

References

  1. Griveaud, Paul (1975). "Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux genres et espèces de Lymantriidae malgaches [Lep."]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France (Société entomologique de France) 80 (7–8): 225–232. doi:10.3406/bsef.1975.21476. Bibcode1975AnSEF..80..225G. https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1975_num_80_7_21476. 
  2. Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). Rahona Griveaud, 1976. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=25411.0. Retrieved August 8, 2018. 
  3. Forster, Catherine A.; Sampson, Scott D.; Chiappe, Luis M.; Krause, David W. (1998b). "Genus Correction.". Science 280 (5361): 179. doi:10.1126/science.280.5361.179g. Bibcode1998Sci...280..179F. 
  4. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Rahona Griveaud, 1976". http://www.afromoths.net/genus/show/712590. 
  5. Collenette, C. L. (1936). "New Lymantriidae from Madagascar". Novitates Zoologicae 40: 161, plate XII, figure 17. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3331129. 

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