''Aroa'' 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

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 ...

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'' Collenette, 1949 western Java *'' Aroa achrodisca'' Hampson, 1910 Senegal *'' Aroa anthora'' (Felder, 1874) *'' Aroa asthenes'' Collenette, 1938 Palawan *'' Aroa atrella'' Hampson, 893/small> Sikkim, Assam *'' Aroa atrescens'' Hampson, 1897 Khasia Hills *'' Aroa callista'' (Collenette, 1933) Kivu *'' Aroa campbelli'' Hampson, 1905 India (Chennai) *'' Aroa clara'' Swinhoe, 1885 Bombay *'' Aroa cometaris'' Butler, 1887 Solomons *'' Aroa danva'' Schaus & Clements, 1893 Sierra Leone *'' Aroa difficilis'' Walker, 1855 southern Africa *'' Aroa discalis'' Walker, 1855 southern Africa *'' Aroa eugonia'' Collenette, 1953 Ivory Coast *'' Aroa gyroptera'' Collenette, 1938 Philippines (Luzon) *'' Aroa incerta'' Rogenhofer, 1891 Kenya *'' Aroa interrogationis'' Collenette, 1938 Uganda *'' Aroa kambaiti'' Collenette, 1960 Myanmar *'' Aroa leonensis'' Hampson, 1910 Sierra Leone *'' Aroa luteifascia'' (Hampson, 1895) Myanmar *'' Aroa major'' Hampson, 893/small> Sri Lanka *'' Aroa maxima'' Hampson, 893/small> Sri Lanka *'' Aroa melanoleuca'' Hampson, 1905 Angola *'' Aroa melaxantha'' (Walker, 1865) southern Africa *'' Aroa nepalensis'' 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'' (Janse, 1915) Zimbabwe *'' Aroa quadriplagata'' Pagenstecher, 1903 north-eastern Africa *'' Aroa risoria'' Swinhoe, 1903 Java *'' Aroa sagrara'' Swinhoe, 1885 *'' Aroa scytodes'' Collenette, 1932 Malaysia *'' Aroa sienna'' Hampson, 1891 Nilgiris *'' Aroa simplex'' (Walker, 1865) southern India *'' Aroa socrus'' (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 Noctuoidea genera {{Lymantriidae-stub