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| Virbia laeta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Arctiina |
| Genus: | Virbia Walker, 1854 |
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Virbia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.[1][2]
Species
[edit]- Virbia affinis Rothschild, 1910
- Virbia ampla (Walker, [1865])
- Virbia arbela (H. Druce, 1889)
- Virbia aurantiaca (Hübner, [1831])
- Virbia birchi H. Druce, 1911
- Virbia brevilinea (Walker, 1854)
- Virbia catama Dyar, 1913
- Virbia cetes (H. Druce, 1897)
- Virbia costata (Stretch, 1884)
- Virbia cyana Dognin, 1909
- Virbia disparilis (Grote, [1866])
- Virbia divisa (Walker, 1854)
- Virbia dotata (Walker, [1865])
- Virbia elisca Dyar, 1913
- Virbia endomelaena Dognin, 1914
- Virbia endophaea Dognin, 1910
- Virbia epione H. Druce, 1911
- Virbia esula (H. Druce, 1889)
- Virbia fasciata Rothschild, 1910
- Virbia fergusoni Zaspel 2008
- Virbia feronia (H. Druce, 1889)
- Virbia ferruginosa (Walker, 1854)
- Virbia flavifurca Hampson, 1916
- Virbia flemmingi Rothschild, 1910
- Virbia fluminea Schaus, 1912
- Virbia fragilis (Strecker, 1878)
- Virbia heros (Grote, [1866])
- Virbia hypophaea Hampson, 1901
- Virbia immaculata (Reakirt, 1864)
- Virbia laeta (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
- Virbia lamae (Freeman, 1941)
- Virbia latus (Grote, [1866])
- Virbia lehmanni Rothschild, 1910
- Virbia lunulata Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
- Virbia luteilinea Walker, 1854
- Virbia marginata (H. Druce, 1885)
- Virbia mathani Rothschild, 1910
- Virbia medarda (Stoll, [1781])
- Virbia mentiens Walker, 1854
- Virbia metazonata Hampson, 1901
- Virbia minuta (Felder, 1874)
- Virbia mirma (H. Druce, 1897)
- Virbia nigricans (Reakirt, 1864)
- Virbia opella (Grote, 1863)
- Virbia orola Dyar, 1914
- Virbia ostenta (H. Edwards, 1881)
- Virbia ovata Rothschild, 1910
- Virbia pallicornis (Grote, 1867)
- Virbia palmeri H. Druce, 1911
- Virbia pamphylia (H. Druce, 1889)
- Virbia parva Schaus, 1892
- Virbia phalangia Hampson, 1920
- Virbia polyphron (H. Druce, 1894)
- Virbia pomponia (H. Druce, 1889)
- Virbia porioni Toulgoët, 1983
- Virbia punctata H. Druce, 1911
- Virbia rindgei Cardé 2008
- Virbia rogersi (H. Druce, 1885)
- Virbia rosenbergi Rothschild, 1910
- Virbia rotundata Schaus, 1904
- Virbia rubicundaria (Hübner, [1831])
- Virbia sanguicollis Hampson, 1901
- Virbia satara Seitz, 1919
- Virbia schadei Jörgensen, 1935
- Virbia semirosea (H. Druce, 1889)
- Virbia strigata Rothschild, 1910
- Virbia subapicalis (Walker, 1854)
- Virbia tenuicincta Hampson, 1901
- Virbia thersites H. Druce, 1885
- Virbia trigonifera Schaus, 1901
- Virbia underwoodi H. Druce, 1911
- Virbia varians Schaus, 1892
- Virbia xanthopleura (Hampson, 1898)
- Virbia zonata (Felder, 1874)
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Virbia Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Virbia Walker, 1854". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- Lafontaine, J. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 1–239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414
- Zaspel, J. M. & Weller, S. J. (2006). Review of generic limits of the tiger moth genera Virbia Walker and Holomelina Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) and their biogeography. Zootaxa. 1159: 1-68.
- Zaspel, J. M.; Weller, S. J. & Cardé, R. T. (2008). "A faunal review of Virbia (formerly Holomelina) for North America North of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini)". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 48 (3): 59-118.
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