Areas galactina

Areas galactina
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
  • Chelonia galactina Hoeven, 1840
  • Pericallia galactina f. walshiae Roepke, 1938
  • Pericallia galactina latifascia Rothschild, 1933
  • Pericallia galactina ochracea
  • Areas orientalis Walker, 1855
  • Pericallia galactina ab. khasiana Rothschild, 1914
  • Numenes trigonalis Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863
  • Areas cana Druce, 1899
  • Pericallia galactina intermedia Rothschild, 1933
  • Areas galactina intermedia Rothschild, 1933

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]

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