Alphaea (moth)

Alphaea
File:Pl.2-13-Alphaea florescens (Moore, 1879 (Nayaca).JPG
Alphaea florescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Alphaea Walker, 1855
Type species
Alphaea fulvohirta Walker, 1855
Synonyms
Nyaca Moore, 1879 Nayaca Moore, 1879

Alphaea is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855. They are found on India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java only.

Description

Palpi short and hairy, which extending beyond the frons. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Forewings are rather long and narrow.

Species

Subgenus Alphaea sensu stricto

• Alphaea anopunctata (Oberthür, 1896)
• Alphaea dellabrunai Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2008
• Alphaea fulvohirta Walker, 1855
• Alphaea hongfena Fang, 1983

Subgenus Flavalphaea Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005

• Alphaea impleta (Walker, [1865])
• Alphaea khasiana (Rothschild, 1910)

Subgenus Nayaca Moore, 1879

• Alphaea chiyo Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005
• Alphaea florescens (Moore, 1879)
• Alphaea imbuta (Walker, 1855)
• Alphaea rothschildi Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005
• Alphaea turatii (Oberthür, 1911)

References

• Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2005: Review of the genus Alphaea Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Tinea 18 (4): 241-252, Tokyo.
• Fang, Ch., 1983: A new species of Alphaea from China (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 26 (2): 216-217, Beijing (in Chinese).
• Saldaitis, A., Ivinskis, P. & Witt, T., 2008: Alphaea dellabrunai sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from China. Acta Zoologica Lituanica 18 (3): 166-168, Vilnius.