''Aroa'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the subfamily
Lymantriinae first described by
Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are
diurnal fliers. The genus differs from ''
Orgyia
''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm.
Description
The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porr ...
'' due to much longer palpi and less-hairy body. Third joint prominent. Legs are less hairy. Female has fully developed wings. Antennae branches are shorter than in male.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
*''
Aroa abalia
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The gen ...
''
Collenette, 1949 western Java
*''
Aroa achrodisca
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The gen ...
''
Hampson, 1910 Senegal
*''
Aroa anthora
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They ...
''
(Felder, 1874)
*''
Aroa asthenes''
Collenette, 1938 Palawan
*''
Aroa atrella
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They ...
''
Hampson, 893
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*''Aroa atrescens
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The genu ...
'' Hampson, 1897 Khasia Hills
*'' Aroa callista'' (Collenette, 1933) Kivu
*'' Aroa campbelli'' Hampson, 1905 India (Chennai)
*'' Aroa clara'' Swinhoe, 1885 Bombay
*''Aroa cometaris
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The genu ...
'' Butler, 1887 Solomons
*''Aroa danva
''Aroa danva'' is a moth in the subfamily Lymantriinae described by William Schaus and W. G. Clements in 1893.
Distribution
This species is found in Cameroon and Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a ...
'' Schaus & Clements, 1893 Sierra Leone
*''Aroa difficilis
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The genu ...
'' Walker, 1855 southern Africa
*''Aroa discalis
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The genu ...
'' Walker, 1855 southern Africa
*''Aroa eugonia
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The genu ...
'' Collenette, 1953 Ivory Coast
*''Aroa gyroptera
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The genu ...
'' Collenette, 1938 Philippines (Luzon)
*''Aroa incerta
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The genu ...
'' Rogenhofer, 1891 Kenya
*''Aroa interrogationis
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The genu ...
'' Collenette, 1938 Uganda
*''Aroa kambaiti
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The genu ...
'' Collenette, 1960 Myanmar
*''Aroa leonensis
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The genu ...
'' Hampson, 1910 Sierra Leone
*''Aroa luteifascia
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The genu ...
'' (Hampson, 1895) Myanmar
*'' Aroa major'' Hampson, 893
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*'' Aroa maxima'' Hampson, 893
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*'' Aroa melanoleuca'' Hampson, 1905 Angola
*'' Aroa melaxantha'' (Walker, 1865) southern Africa
*''Aroa nepalensis
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The gen ...
'' Daniel, 1961 Nepal
*'' Aroa nigripicta'' Holland, 1893 western Africa
*'' Aroa ochripicta'' Moore, 1879 Hong Kong
*'' Aroa ochrota'' (Hampson, 1904) Kerala
*'' Aroa pampoecila'' Collenette, 1930 Tanganyika
*'' Aroa plana'' (Walker, 1855) northern India
*'' Aroa postfusca'' Gaede, 1932 Yunnan
*'' Aroa pyrrhochroma'' Walker, 1865 Sikkim, Bhutan, India
*''Aroa quadrimaculata
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The gen ...
'' (Janse, 1915) Zimbabwe
*'' Aroa quadriplagata'' Pagenstecher, 1903 north-eastern Africa
*''Aroa risoria
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The gen ...
'' Swinhoe, 1903 Java
*'' Aroa sagrara'' Swinhoe, 1885
*'' Aroa scytodes'' Collenette, 1932 Malaysia
*''Aroa sienna
''Aroa sienna'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in India (Nilgiri) and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இல ...
'' Hampson, 1891 Nilgiris
*''Aroa simplex
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The gen ...
'' (Walker, 1865) southern India
*''Aroa socrus
''Aroa'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description
They are diurnal fliers. The gen ...
'' (Geyer, 1837) Java
*'' Aroa subnotata'' (Walker, 1855) Sri Lanka
*'' Aroa tomisa'' Druce, 1896 eastern Africa
*'' Aroa vosseleri'' (Grünberg, 1907) Tanzania
*'' Aroa xerampelina'' (Swinhoe, 1885) Pune
*'' Aroa yokoae'' Bethune-Baker, 1927 Cameroon
References
Lymantriinae
Moth genera
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