Testaptera

Testaptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Testaptera
Laguerre, 2023
Type species
Automolis testacea
Rothschild, 1909

Testaptera is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae that was erected by Michel Laguerre in 2023. All of the species in the genus were split from the genus Hypercompe.

Taxonomy

The following species are recognised in the genus Testaptera:

References

  1. 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).