Sarbena is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae described by Francis Walker in 1862. They are found across Eastern, Southern, and South East Asia to the Solomon Islands.[1] The caterpillars have white hairs and stack head capsules from past instars.[2]
Sarbena | |
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Adult female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Nolidae |
Subfamily: | Nolinae |
Genus: | Sarbena Walker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Sarbena lignifera Walker, 1862
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Synonyms | |
Species
editKnown species include:[1][3][4][5]
- Sarbena hollowayi László, Ronkay & Witt, 2004 Assam, Thailand, N.Vietnam, Malaysia, Sumatra, Celebes, Seram, Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Sarbena inouei László, Ronkay & Witt, 2004 Philippines (Cebu Island, Balabac, Mindoro)
- Sarbena ketipati László, Ronkay & Witt, 2004 Bali
- Sarbena lignifera Walker, 1862 Ceylon, Borneo, Sumatra, Bhutan, Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines
- Sarbena mulaka Fischer, 2020 Maldives
- Sarbena sumatrana László, Ronkay & Witt, 2004 Sumatra
- Sarbena ustipennis (Hampson, 1895) Bhutan, Ceylon, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Sarbena". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Bay, Nicky (19 January 2015). "Meet the Multi-Headed Caterpillar". Macro Photography by Nicky Bay. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ László, Gyula M.; Ronkay, Gabor; Witt, Thomas J. (20 December 2004). "New Species in the Genus Sarbena Walker, 1862" (PDF). Entomofauna. 25 (18): 281–296. ISSN 0250-4413. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Sarbena". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Fischer, Heinz (29 December 2020). "Observations on the genus Sarbena Walker, 1862 in the Maldives with description by Heinz Fischer" (PDF). Atalanta (in German). 52 (1/2): 158–161. ISSN 0171-0079. Retrieved 25 January 2022.