Areas (moth)
| Areas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Areas Walker, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Areas orientalis Walker, 1855 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Areas is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family.
Species
- Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840)
Subgenus Melanareas Butler, 1889
- Areas imperialis (Kollar, [1844])
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