Paralpenus
| Paralpenus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Spilosomini |
| Genus: | Paralpenus Watson, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Hyphoraia atripes Hampson, 1909 | |
Paralpenus is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae from the Afrotropics. It contains the following species:
- Paralpenus atripes (Hampson, 1909)
- Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909)
- Paralpenus flavicosta punctiger (Hering, 1928)
- Paralpenus flavizonatus (Hampson, 1911)
- Paralpenus julius Kühne, 2010
- Paralpenus strigulosa (Hampson, 1901)
- Paralpenus ugandae (Hampson, 1916)
- Paralpenus wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
- Paralpenus wintgensi zimbabweiensis Dubatolov, 2011
References
- Watson, A., 1989: A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 19: 251-291.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
- Paralpenus at funet