Teracotona
Teracotona is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from the Afrotropics. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.
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| Teracotona subterminata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Teracotona Butler, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Aloa rhodophaea Walker, [1865] 1864 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
Subgenus Teracotona Butler, 1878
- Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900
- Teracotona euprepia bicolor Toulgoët, 1980
- Teracotona euprepioides Wichgraf, 1921
- Teracotona pardalina Bartel, 1903
- Teracotona quadripunctata Wichgraf, 1908 (=buryi Rothschild, 1910)
- Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, [1865])
- Teracotona submaculata (Walker, 1855)
- Teracotona trifasciata Bartel, 1903
Subgenus Neoteracotona Dubatolov, 2009
- Teracotona alicia (Hampson, 1911)
- Teracotona jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910)
- Teracotona kovtunovitchi Dubatolov, 2011
- Teracotona murtafaa Wiltshire, 1980
- Teracotona pallida Joicey & Talbot, 1924
- Teracotona pitmanni (Rothschild, 1933)
- Teracotona pitmani major (Rothschild, 1933)
- Teracotona postalbida Gaede, 1926
- Teracotona proditrix Berio, 1939
- Teracotona pruinosa de Joannis, 1912
- Teracotona translucens (Grünberg, 1907)
Subgenus Pseudoteracotona Dubatolov, 2009
- Teracotona abyssinica (Rothschild, 1933)
- Teracotona approximans (Rothschild, 1917)
- Teracotona clara Holland, 1892
- Teracotona clara rubiginea(Toulgoët, 1977)
- Teracotona immaculata (Wichgraf, 1921)
- Teracotona melanocera (Hampson, 1920)
- Teracotona metaxantha (Hampson, 1920)
- Teracotona multistrigata Joicey & Talbot, 1924
- Teracotona neumanni (Rothschild, 1933)
- Teracotona seminigra (Hampson, 1905)
- Teracotona senegalensis (Rothschild, 1933)
- Teracotona subapproximans (Rothschild, 1933)
- Teracotona subterminata (Hampson, 1901)
- Teracotona uhrikmeszarosi Szent-Ivany, 1942
- Teracotona wittei (Debauche, 1942)
Teracotona sensu lato
- Teracotona homeyeri Rothschild, 1910
- Teracotona latifasciata Carcasson, 1965
Incorrectly placed species
- Teracotona mirabilis - transferred into Lithosiinae
References
- Dubatolov, V.V., 2009: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V.Kovtunovich & P. Usthjuzhanin in 2008–2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Atalanta 40 (1/2): 285–301, 352-355 (colour plates 24-27).
- Dubatolov, V.V., 2011: Arctiinae from African expeditions of V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin in 2009–2011, with description of new taxa and taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 42 (1/2): 125–135.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
- Savela, Markku. "Teracotona Butler, 1878". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
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