''Belemnia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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 ...
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 ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1854. Species are found in Central and South America.
Species
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Belemnia alpha''
Druce, 1884 (''Metriophyla alpha'')
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Belemnia aplaga''
Hampson, 1901
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Belemnia dubia''
Kirby 1902
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Belemnia eryx''
Fabricius, 1775 (''Zygaena eryx'')
* ''
Belemnia inaurata
''Belemnia inaurata'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Sulzer in 1776. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República ...
''
Sulzer, 1776 (''Sphinx inaurata'')
* ''
Belemnia jovis''
Butler 1875
* ''
Belemnia lydia''
Druce, 1896
* ''
Belemnia mygdon''
Druce, 1900
* ''
Belemnia ochriplaga''
Hampson, 1901
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Belemnia pavonia''
Forbes 1939
* ''
Belemnia trotschi''
(Druce, 1884)
References
External links
*
Arctiini
Moth genera
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