Arsina

Arsina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genus:
Guenée, 1862
Species:
A. silenalis
Binomial name
Arsina silenalis
Guenée, 1862
Synonyms
  • Hypena glyptalis Mabille, 1880
  • Arsina glyptalis
  • Hypospila nigropicta Heyden, 1891
  • Arsina nigropicta

Arsina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Arsina silenalis is found on the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion, Aldabra, Madagascar and Zimbabwe.[1] Both the genus and the species were first described by Achille Guenée in 1862.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ Afromoths.net
  2. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Arsina Guenée, 1862". Afromoths. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  3. ^ Papillons de la Réunion: 404. ISBN 978-2-914817-07-3
  4. ^ Savela, Markku (March 4, 2012). "Arsina Guenée, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
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