''Erika analalava'' is the only species in the

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

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 ...

genus ''Erika'' of the subfamily

Lymantriinae The Lymantriinae (formerly called the Lymantriidae) are a subfamily of moths of the family Erebidae. The taxon was erected by George Hampson in 1893. Many of its component species are referred to as "tussock moths" of one sort or another. The ca ...

. It is found on Madagascar. Both the genus and the species were first described by Paul Griveaud in 1976.

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*Original description: Griveaud, Paul (1975)
"Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux genres et espèces de Lymantriidae malgaches [Lep.]"
''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France ''. 80 (7-8): 232. Lymantriinae {{Lymantriidae-stub