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Appearance
| Catenina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Catenina Burmeister, 1883 |
| Type species | |
| Ecpantheria heterogena Oberthür, 1881 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Catenina is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae that was erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1883.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]For many years, the taxon was classified as a subgenus of the genus Hypercompe.
The following species are recognised in the genus Catenina:[1]
- Catenina castronis (Strand, 1919)
- Catenina hambletoni (Schaus, 1938)
- Catenina heterogena Oberthür, 1881
- Catenina kennedyi (Rothschild, 1910)
- Catenina mus (Oberthür, 1881)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Laguerre, Michel (November 2023). "Generic revision of Hypercompe Hübner, [1818] and allied genera with descriptions of new genera and new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)". Faunitaxys. 11 (75). AFCFF (Association française de Cartographie de la Faune et de la Flore): 1–34. doi:10.57800/faunitaxys-11(75).