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Teracotona

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Teracotona
Teracotona subterminata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Teracotona
Butler, 1878
Type species
Aloa rhodophaea
Walker, [1865] 1864
Synonyms
  • Macronyx Felder, 1874

Teracotona is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from the Afrotropics. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.

Species

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Subgenus Teracotona Butler, 1878

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Subgenus Neoteracotona Dubatolov, 2009

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Subgenus Pseudoteracotona Dubatolov, 2009

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Teracotona sensu lato

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Incorrectly placed species

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References

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  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2009: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V.Kovtunovich & P. Usthjuzhanin in 2008–2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Atalanta 40 (1/2): 285–301, 352-355 (colour plates 24-27).
  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2011: Arctiinae from African expeditions of V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin in 2009–2011, with description of new taxa and taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 42 (1/2): 125–135.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Savela, Markku. "Teracotona Butler, 1878". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 21, 2019.

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