Heraclia (moth)

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Heraclia
Superb false tiger moth (Heraclia superba),
KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Heraclia superba in flight
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Heraclia
Hübner, [1820]
Synonyms
  • Xanthospilopteryx Wallengren, 1858
False tiger moth (Heraclia aemulatrix) mating, Ghana

Heraclia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820.[1][2][3]

Species

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Heraclia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (September 22, 2019). "Heraclia Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Heraclia Hübner, 1820". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 22, 2020.