Alphaea (moth)
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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
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- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2005: Review of the genus Alphaea Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Tinea 18 (4): 241-252, Tokyo.
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Fang, Ch., 1983: A new species of Alphaea from China (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 26 (2): 216-217, Beijing (in Chinese).
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Saldaitis, A., Ivinskis, P. & Witt, T., 2008: Alphaea dellabrunai sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from China. Acta Zoologica Lituanica 18 (3): 166-168, Vilnius.
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