Areas galactina

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]

Areas galactina
Areas galactina - Kon Tum Province, Vietnam
Scientific classification
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

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

Subspecies
  • 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
  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.


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