''Andesobia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the subfamily
Arctiinae
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
.
Species
* ''
Andesobia boliviana''
(Gaede, 1923)
* ''
Andesobia flavata''
(Hampson, 1901)
* ''
Andesobia jelskii''
(Oberthür, 1881)
* ''
Andesobia sanguinea''
(Hampson, 1907)
Etymology
The name is feminine in gender, formed by combining the words
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
and –''obia'' from the generic name ''
Phragmatobia''.
References
Spilosomina
Noctuoidea genera
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