''Artena'' 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
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 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 genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1858.
Species
* ''
Artena angulata''
(Roepke, 1938)
* ''
Artena certior''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Artena convergens''
(Gaede, 1917)
* ''
Artena dotata''
(Fabricius, 1794)
* ''
Artena durfa''
(Plotz, 1880)
* ''
Artena eccentrica''
Yoshimoto, 1999
* ''
Artena inversa''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Artena lacteicincta''
(Hampson, 1912)
* ''
Artena rubida''
(Walker, 1863)
* ''
Artena submira''
Walker, 1858
* ''
Artena velutina''
L. B. Prout, 1919
Alberto Zilli and Willem Hogenes raised ''
Artena velutina'', originally described as a subspecies of ''
Artena rubida'', to species status in 2004.
References
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Ophiusini
Noctuoidea genera
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