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Areas galactina

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Areas galactina
Areas galactina - Kon Tum Province, Vietnam
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Areas
Species:
A. galactina
Binomial name
Areas galactina
(Hoeven, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Chelonia galactina Hoeven, 1840
  • Pericallia galactina f. walshiae Roepke, 1938
  • Pericallia galactina latifascia Rothschild, 1933
  • Pericallia galactina ochracea
  • Areas orientalis Walker, 1855
  • Pericallia galactina ab. khasiana Rothschild, 1914
  • Numenes trigonalis Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863
  • Areas cana Druce, 1899
  • Pericallia galactina intermedia Rothschild, 1933
  • Areas galactina intermedia Rothschild, 1933

Areas galactina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jan van der Hoeven in 1840. It is found in China (Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hubei), Taiwan, the north-western Himalayas, India (Sikkim, Assam, Andamans), Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Indochina, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sundaland.[1]

The length of the forewings is 32–35 mm for males and 40–42 mm for females.[2]

Subspecies

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  • Areas galactina galactina
  • Areas galactina formosana Okano, 1960 (Taiwan)
  • Areas galactina hollowayi Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009 (Malaysia: Sabah)
  • Areas galactina inouei Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009 (Vietnam)
  • Areas galactina khasiana Daniel, 1943
  • Areas galactina latifascia (Rothschild, 1933) (Andamans)
  • Areas galactina ochracea Mell, 1922 (China: Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hubei)
  • Areas galactina orientalis (Walker, 1855) (Assam, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh)
  • Areas galactina owadai Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009 (Philippines: Palawan, Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Leyte, Negros)
  • Areas galactina trigonalis (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863) (Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo)

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Areas galactina (van der Hoeven, 1840)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Černý, Karel (January 3, 2011). "A Review of the subfamily Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from the Philippines" (PDF). Entomofauna. 32 (3): 29–92.
  • Dubatolov, V.V. , P.G. Haynes & Y. Kishida, 2009: Subspecies of Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae): 25 years after H. Inoue's review. Tinea 20 (5): 316-329.
  • Hoeven, J. van der, 1840: Beschrijving eeniger nieuwe of weining bekende uitlandsche soorten van Lepidoptera. Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie 7: 276-283, pl. 5-7, S. en J. Luchtmans: Leiden.
  • Roepke, W., 1938: Ueber Indomalayische Nachfalter (Lep. Heteroc.). V. Entomologische Zeitschrift 52: 157-160, Frankfurt am Main.