Andesobia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
Genus: | Andesobia Schmidt and De Freina, 2011[1] |
Species
edit- Andesobia boliviana (Gaede, 1923)
- Andesobia flavata (Hampson, 1901)
- Andesobia jelskii (Oberthür, 1881)
- Andesobia sanguinea (Hampson, 1907)
Etymology
editThe name is feminine in gender, formed by combining the words Andes and –obia from the generic name Phragmatobia.
References
edit- ^ Schmidt, C.; De Freina, J. (2011). "Generic placement of the Neotropical species of "Phragmatobia" (Erebidae, Arctiinae), with a remarkable matrivorous species from the Peruvian Andes". ZooKeys (149): 69–88. doi:10.3897/zookeys.149.2382. PMC 3234410. PMID 22207795.