Hyarias

Hyarias is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. Its only species, Hyarias metarhoda, was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is strictly endemic to the Philippines.

Hyarias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Hyarias
C. Swinhoe, 1892
Species:
H. metarhoda
Binomial name
Hyarias metarhoda
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma metarhoda Walker, 1856
  • Diacrisia metarhoda

Taxonomy

This species was previously included in Spilosoma, but those species have quite different male genitalia.[1]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Hyarias Swinhoe, 1892". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 9, 2018.


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