Paranagia

Paranagia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Paranagia rufostrigata, was first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1906.[1][2] It is found on New Guinea and on the southern Maluku Islands, Sulawesi and Borneo. The habitat consists of forests and areas with secondary vegetation.

Paranagia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Paranagia
Hampson, 1926
Species:
P. rufostrigata
Binomial name
Paranagia rufostrigata
Synonyms
  • Catephia rufostrigata Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Catephia alboplagiata Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Catephia glabripars Prout, 1924
  • Catephia mediogriseata Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Paranagia alboplagiata
  • Paranagia glabripars
  • Paranagia mediogriseata

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Paranagia rufostrigata (Bethune-Baker 1906)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Paranagia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 25, 2019.


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