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Areas (moth)

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Areas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Areas
Walker, 1855
Type species
Areas orientalis
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Melanareas Butler, 1889

Areas is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.

Species

Subgenus Melanareas Butler, 1889

References

  • Dubatolov, V. V., Haynes, P. G. & Kishida, Y., 2009: Subspecies of Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae): 25 years after H.Inoue's review. Tinea 20 (5): 316-329.
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog