Alphaea (moth)

Alphaea (moth)
Nayaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Spilosomini
Genus: Alphaea
Walker, 1855
Type species
Alphaea fulvohirta
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Nyaca Moore, 1879
  • Nayaca Moore, 1879

Alphaea is a genus in the family Arctiidae.

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Species

Subgenus Alphaea sensu stricto:

  • Alphaea anopunctata (Oberthür, 1896)
  • Alphaea dellabrunai Saldaitis et 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 et Kishida, 2005
  • Alphaea florescens (Moore, 1879)
  • Alphaea imbuta (Walker, 1855)
  • Alphaea rothschildi Dubatolov et Kishida, 2005
  • Alphaea turatii (Oberthür, 1911)

References

  • Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2005: Review of the genus Alphaea Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Tinea 18 (4): 241-252, Tokyo.
  • Fang, Ch., 1983: A new species of Alphaea from China (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 26 (2): 216-217, Beijing (in Chinese).
  • Saldaitis, A., Ivinskis, P. & Witt, T., 2008: Alphaea dellabrunai sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from China. Acta Zoologica Lituanica 18 (3): 166-168, Vilnius.
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
  • Alphaea at funet



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