Agamana

Agamana is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1866. These moths are mainly found in the Australian continent and Indian subcontinent. These are not considered very rare, but very little is known about these species.[1][2][3]

Agamana
Agamana inscripta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Calpinae
Genus:
Agamana

Walker, [1866]
Synonyms
  • Parafodina Hampson, 1926

Species
  • Agamana aldabrana (Fryer, 1912) Aldabra
  • Agamana andriai (Viette, 1966) Madagascar
  • Agamana callixeris (Lower, 1903) Queensland
  • Agamana cavatalis Walker, [1866] Australia
  • Agamana conjungens (Walker, 1858)
  • Agamana delphinensis (Viette, 1966) Madagascar
  • Agamana ectrogia (Hampson, 1926) Sierra Leone, southern Nigeria, South Africa
  • Agamana goniosema (Hampson, 1926) Sikkim
  • Agamana inscripta (Pagenstecher, 1907) Madagascar
  • Agamana iselaea (Viette, 1958) Madagascar
  • Agamana pagenstecheri (Viette, 1968) Madagascar
  • Agamana pentagonalis (Butler, 1894) Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa
  • Agamana pergrata (Turner, 1933) northern Queensland
  • Agamana sambirano (Viette, 1966) Madagascar
  • Agamana sarmentosa (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Australia

References
  1. Savela, Markku (March 28, 2020). "Agamana Walker, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agamana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Agamana Walker, 1866". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 23, 2020.


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