''Paralpenus'' is a genus 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 ...
from the
Afrotropics
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
. The genus was described by Watson in 1988.
Species
* ''
Paralpenus atripes''
(Hampson, 1909)
* ''
Paralpenus flavicosta''
(Hampson, 1909)
** ''Paralpenus flavicosta punctiger''
(Hering, 1928)
* ''
Paralpenus flavizonatus''
(Hampson, 1911)
* ''
Paralpenus julius''
Kühne, 2010
* ''
Paralpenus strigulosa''
(Hampson, 1901)
* ''
Paralpenus ugandae''
(Hampson, 1916)
* ''
Paralpenus wintgensi''
(Strand, 1909)
** ''Paralpenus wintgensi zimbabweiensis''
Dubatolov, 2011
References
*Watson, A. (1989) "A review of ''Spilosoma''-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)". ''Entomologica Scandinavica''. 19: 251–291.
*
Spilosomina
Moth genera
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