Bembina
Genus of moths
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bembina is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae.
| Bembina | |
|---|---|
| |
| B. albinotata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymantriinae |
| Tribe: | Nygmiini |
| Genus: | Bembina Walker, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865[1] | |
Walker circumscribed the genus in 1865 with his newly-described B. apicalis as its sole member.[1]
Species
As of 2017[update], the following six species are included in the genus.[2]
- Bembina albinotata (Heylaerts, 1892)
- Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865
- Bembina atripuncta (Hampson, 1897)
- Bembina isabellina (Hampson, 1892)
- Bembina nucula (Swinhoe, 1894)
- Bembina pseudaurantiaca Holloway, 1999
