''Belemnia'' 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 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
* ''
Belemnia alpha''
Druce, 1884 (''Metriophyla alpha'')
* ''
Belemnia aplaga''
Hampson, 1901
* ''
Belemnia dubia''
Kirby 1902
* ''
Belemnia eryx''
Fabricius, 1775 (''Zygaena eryx'')
* ''
Belemnia inaurata''
Sulzer, 1776 (''Sphinx inaurata'')
* ''
Belemnia jovis''
Butler 1875
* ''
Belemnia lydia''
Druce, 1896
* ''
Belemnia mygdon''
Druce, 1900
* ''
Belemnia ochriplaga''
Hampson, 1901
* ''
Belemnia pavonia''
Forbes 1939
* ''
Belemnia trotschi''
(Druce, 1884)
References
External links
*
Arctiini
Noctuoidea genera
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