Paralpenus

Paralpenus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Paralpenus Watson, 1988
Type species
Hyphoraia atripes Hampson, 1909

Paralpenus is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from the Afrotropics. The genus was described by Watson in 1988.^[1]

Species

Paralpenus atripes (Hampson, 1909)
Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909)
- Paralpenus flavicosta punctiger (Hering, 1928)
Paralpenus flavizonatus (Hampson, 1911)
Paralpenus julius Kühne, 2010
Paralpenus strigulosa (Hampson, 1901)
Paralpenus ugandae (Hampson, 1916)
Paralpenus wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
- Paralpenus wintgensi zimbabweiensis Dubatolov, 2011

References

Wikispecies has information related to Paralpenus.

^ Savela, Markku. "Paralpenus Watson, 1988". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.

Watson, A. (1989) "A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)". Entomologica Scandinavica. 19: 251–291.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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