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Aroa

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Aroa
Aroa danva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Aroa
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Gynaephora Hübner, 1819
  • Caenina Felder, 1861
  • Ornithopsyche Wallengren, 1863
  • Ornithopsyche Wallengren, 1865
  • Bazisa Walker, 1865
  • Baziza Hampson, 1893
  • Arva Grünberg, 1913
  • Hampsona Gupta, Farooqi & Chaudhary, 1986

Aroa is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.

Description

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They are diurnal fliers. The genus differs from Orgyia due to much longer palpi and less-hairy body. Third joint prominent. Legs are less hairy. Female has fully developed wings. Antennae branches are shorter than in male.[1]

Species

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Some species of this genus are:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Aroa Walker, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku (December 1, 2015). "Aroa Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 26, 2020.