Areas galactina
| Areas galactina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Areas |
| Species: | A. galactina |
| Binomial name | |
| Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Areas galactina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Hoeven in 1840. It is found in China (Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hubei), Taiwan, the north-western Himalayas, India (Sikkim, Assam, Andamans), Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Indochina, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sundaland.[1]
The length of the forewings is 32–35 mm for males and 40–42 mm for females.[2]
Subspecies
- Areas galactina galactina
- Areas galactina formosana Okano, 1960 (Taiwan)
- Areas galactina hollowayi Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009 (Malaysia: Sabah)
- Areas galactina inouei Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009 (Vietnam)
- Areas galactina khasiana Daniel, 1943
- Areas galactina latifascia (Rothschild, 1933) (Andamans)
- Areas galactina ochracea Mell, 1922 (China: Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hubei)
- Areas galactina orientalis (Walker, 1855) (Assam, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh)
- Areas galactina owadai Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009 (Philippines: Palawan, Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Leyte, Negros)
- Areas galactina trigonalis (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863) (Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo)
References
- Dubatolov, V.V. , P.G. Haynes & Y. Kishida, 2009: Subspecies of Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae): 25 years after H. Inoue's review. Tinea 20 (5): 316-329.
- Hoeven, J. van der, 1840: Beschrijving eeniger nieuwe of weining bekende uitlandsche soorten van Lepidoptera. Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie 7: 276-283, pl. 5-7, S. en J. Luchtmans: Leiden.
- Roepke, W., 1938: Ueber Indomalayische Nachfalter (Lep. Heteroc.). V. Entomologische Zeitschrift 52: 157-160, Frankfurt am Main.
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