Biology:Sarbena

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Short description: Genus of moths

Sarbena
Sarbena moth.jpg
Adult female
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Nolinae
Genus: Sarbena
Walker, 1862
Type species
Sarbena lignifera
Walker, 1862
Synonyms
  • Cyphotopsyche Hampson, 1895[1]

Sarbena is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae described by Francis Walker in 1862. They are found across Eastern, Southern, and South East Asia to the Solomon Islands.[1] The caterpillars have white hairs and stack head capsules from past instars.[2]

Species

Known species include:[1][3][4][5]

  • Sarbena hollowayi László, Ronkay & Witt, 2004 Assam, Thailand, N.Vietnam, Malaysia, Sumatra, Celebes, Seram, Philippines , New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • Sarbena inouei László, Ronkay & Witt, 2004 Philippines (Cebu Island, Balabac, Mindoro)
  • Sarbena ketipati László, Ronkay & Witt, 2004 Bali
  • Sarbena lignifera Walker, 1862 Ceylon, Borneo, Sumatra, Bhutan, Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines
  • Sarbena mulaka Fischer, 2020 Maldives
  • Sarbena sumatrana László, Ronkay & Witt, 2004 Sumatra
  • Sarbena ustipennis (Hampson, 1895) Bhutan, Ceylon, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sarbena". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/nolidae/nolinae/sarbena/. 
  2. Bay, Nicky (19 January 2015). "Meet the Multi-Headed Caterpillar". https://www.nickybay.com/meet-multi-headed-caterpillar/. 
  3. László, Gyula M.; Ronkay, Gabor; Witt, Thomas J. (20 December 2004). "New Species in the Genus Sarbena Walker, 1862". Entomofauna 25 (18): 281-296. ISSN 0250-4413. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas-Witt-3/publication/262728309_New_Species_in_the_Genus_Sarbena_WALKER_1862_Lepidoptera_Nolidae_Investigations_on_Asian_Nolidae_I/links/0deec538a3b594746f000000/New-Species-in-the-Genus-Sarbena-WALKER-1862-Lepidoptera-Nolidae-Investigations-on-Asian-Nolidae-I.pdf. Retrieved 25 January 2022. 
  4. "Sarbena" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/3256820. 
  5. Fischer, Heinz (29 December 2020). "Observations on the genus Sarbena Walker, 1862 in the Maldives with description by Heinz Fischer" (in German). Atalanta 52 (1/2): 158-161. ISSN 0171-0079. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Heinz-Fischer-2/publication/356415691_10_Studie_zur_Lepidopterenfauna_der_Malediven_Beobachtungen_an_der_Gattung_Sarbena_Walker_1862_auf_den_Malediven_mit_Beschreibung_von_Sarbena_mulaka_spec_nov_Lepidoptera_Noctuoidea_Nolidae/links/619984943068c54fa50af490/10-Studie-zur-Lepidopterenfauna-der-Malediven-Beobachtungen-an-der-Gattung-Sarbena-Walker-1862-auf-den-Malediven-mit-Beschreibung-von-Sarbena-mulaka-spec-nov-Lepidoptera-Noctuoidea-Nolidae.pdf. Retrieved 25 January 2022. 

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