''Alpenus'' 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
tiger moth
The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. ...
s in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
. The moths are found in 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 ...
.
Species
* ''
Alpenus affiniola''
(Strand, 1919)
* ''
Alpenus auriculatus''
Watson, 1989
* ''
Alpenus diversatus''
(Hampson, 1916)
* ''
Alpenus dollmani''
(Hampson, 1920)
* ''
Alpenus geminipuncta''
(Hampson, 1916)
* ''
Alpenus intactus''
(Hampson, 1916)
* ''
Alpenus investigatorum''
(Karsch, 1898)
* ''
Alpenus maculosus
''Alpenus maculosus'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found along the Gold Coast (region), Gold Coast and in Lagos, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Angola, Cameroon, Nigeria, the Republic of the ...
''
(Stoll in Cramer, 1781)
* ''
Alpenus microstictus''
(Hampson, 1920)
* ''
Alpenus nigropunctatus''
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
* ''
Alpenus pardalina''
(Rothschild, 1910)
* ''
Alpenus schraderi''
(Rothschild, 1910)
** ''Alpenus schraderi rattrayi''
(Rothschild, 1910)
* ''
Alpenus thomasi''
Watson, 1989
* ''
Alpenus whalleyi''
Watson, 1989
* ''
Alpenus wichgrafi''
Watson, 1989
References
*, 1988
989
Year 989 ( CMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Emperor Basil II uses his contingent of 6,000 Varangians to help him defeat Bardas Phokas (the Younger), who suffe ...
A review of ''Spilosoma''-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Entomologica Scandinavica'' 19: 251-291.
*
Spilosomina
Noctuoidea genera
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