Hyphantria
Hyphantria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Tribe: | Arctiini |
Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
Genus: | Hyphantria Harris, 1841 |
Type species | |
Hyphantria textor Harris, 1841 |
Hyphantria is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The moths are primarily found in North and Central America. One species, Hyphantria cunea, was introduced in Western, Central and Eastern Eurasia.
Species
- Hyphantria cunea Drury, 1773
- Hyphantria orizaba (Druce, 1897)
- Hyphantria panoezys (Dyar, 1916)
- Hyphantria penthetria Dyar, 1912
- Hyphantria pictipupa Fitch, 1857