Areas galactina

Areas galactina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Arctiini
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Areas
Species:	A. galactina
Binomial name
Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840)
Synonyms
Chelonia galactina Hoeven, 1840 Pericallia galactina f. walshiae Roepke, 1938 Pericallia galactina latifascia Rothschild, 1933 Pericallia galactina ochracea Areas orientalis Walker, 1855 Pericallia galactina ab. khasiana Rothschild, 1914 Numenes trigonalis Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863 Areas cana Druce, 1899 Pericallia galactina intermedia Rothschild, 1933 Areas galactina intermedia Rothschild, 1933

Areas galactina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Hoeven in 1840. It is found in China (Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hubei), Taiwan, the north-western Himalayas, India (Sikkim, Assam, Andamans), Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Indochina, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sundaland.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 32–35 mm for males and 40–42 mm for females.^[2]

Subspecies

• Areas galactina galactina
• Areas galactina formosana Okano, 1960 (Taiwan)
• Areas galactina hollowayi Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009 (Malaysia: Sabah)
• Areas galactina inouei Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009 (Vietnam)
• Areas galactina khasiana Daniel, 1943
• Areas galactina latifascia (Rothschild, 1933) (Andamans)
• Areas galactina ochracea Mell, 1922 (China: Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hubei)
• Areas galactina orientalis (Walker, 1855) (Assam, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh)
• Areas galactina owadai Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009 (Philippines: Palawan, Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Leyte, Negros)
• Areas galactina trigonalis (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863) (Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo)

References

1. Areas at funet
2. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia A Review of the subfamily Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from the Philippines

• Dubatolov, V.V. , P.G. Haynes & Y. Kishida, 2009: Subspecies of Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae): 25 years after H. Inoue's review. Tinea 20 (5): 316-329.
• Hoeven, J. van der, 1840: Beschrijving eeniger nieuwe of weining bekende uitlandsche soorten van Lepidoptera. Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie 7: 276-283, pl. 5-7, S. en J. Luchtmans: Leiden.
• Roepke, W., 1938: Ueber Indomalayische Nachfalter (Lep. Heteroc.). V. Entomologische Zeitschrift 52: 157-160, Frankfurt am Main.