Horama

Horama
Horama panthalon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Euchromiina
Genus:	Horama Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
Mastigocera Harris, 1839 Phylloecia Guérin-Méneville, [1844] Callicarus Grote, 1866 Drucea Kirby, 1892

Horama is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.

Species[]

• Horama diffissa Grote, 1866
• Horama grotei Butler, 1876
• Horama margarita McCabe, 1992
• Horama oedippus (Boisduval, 1870)
• Horama panthalon (Fabricius, 1793) – Texas wasp moth
• Horama pennipes (Grote, 1866)
• Horama plumipes (Drury, 1773)
• Horama pretus (Cramer, [1777])
• Horama rawlinsi McCabe, 1992
• Horama tarsalis Walker, 1856
• Horama zapata Dietz & Duckworth, 1976

Former species[]

• Horama clavipes (Boisduval, 1870)

References[]

• Dietz, R.E., IV; Duckworth, W.D. 1976: A review of the genus Horama Hübner and reestablishment of the genus Poliopastea Hampson (Lepidoptera: Ctenuchidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (215) abstract and pdf
• Lafontaine, J.D.; Schmidt, B.C. 2010: Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1–239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414
• McCabe, T.L. 1992: Caribbean Horama (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Ctenuchinae) with new species and notes on mimicry. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 94 (2): 243–248. BHL

External links[]

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• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Savela, Markku. "Horama Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 18, 2019.