Phragmatobia

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Phragmatobia
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Phragmatobia fuliginosa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Phragmatobia
Stephens, 1828
Type species
Phalaena fuliginosa

Phragmatobia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae described by James Francis Stephens in 1828. Many tiger-moth species of small and medium size were described within this genus. However, only a few are related to the type species.

Species[]

All other species were separated into different genera, or still remain in Phragmatobia and wait for reviewers:

  • Phragmatobia coelestina Püngeler, 1904 - in Orontobia
  • Phragmatobia fervida (Walker, 1855) - in Sonorarctia
  • Phragmatobia flavata (Hampson, 1901)
  • Phragmatobia flavescens (Rothschild, 1933) - in Andesobia
  • Phragmatobia fumipennis Hampson, 1891 - in Bucaea
  • Phragmatobia hodeva (Druce, 1897) - in Allanwatsonia
  • Phragmatobia karsholti Toulgoët, 1991
  • Phragmatobia luctifera [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 - in Epatolmis
  • Phragmatobia modesta Maassen, 1890 - in Amastus
  • Phragmatobia nundar Dyar, 1907 - in Sonorarctia
  • Phragmatobia oberthueri Rothschild, 1910 - in Lymantriidae
  • Phragmatobia parvula (Felder, 1874) - in Pseudophragmatobia
  • Phragmatobia sanguinea (Hampson, 1907)
  • Phragmatobia thursbyi (Rothschild, 1910)

References[]

  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Savela, Markku. "Phragmatobia Stephens, 1828". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 1, 2018.


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