Andesobia

Andesobia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Andesobia
Schmidt and De Freina, 2011

Andesobia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.

Species

Etymology

The name is feminine in gender, formed by combining the words Andes and –obia from the generic name Phragmatobia.

References

  1. ↑ Schmidt, C.; De Freina, J. (2011). "Generic placement of the Neotropical species of "Phragmatobia" (Erebidae, Arctiinae), with a remarkable matrivorous species from the Peruvian Andes". ZooKeys (149): 69–88. doi:10.3897/zookeys.149.2382. PMC 3234410. PMID 22207795.