''Bena'' 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
Nolidae
Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known as tuft moths, aft ...
. The genus was erected by
Gustaf Johan Billberg
Gustaf Johan Billberg (14 June 1772, Karlskrona – 26 November 1844, Stockholm) was a Sweden, Swedish botanist, zoologist and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a lawyer and used science and biology as an avocation. The pl ...
in 1820.
Species
*''
Bena bicolorana''
(Fuessly, 1775) Europe, Turkey
*''
Bena africana Bena can refer to:
* Banna people, an ethnic group in Ethiopia
* Bena (ethnic group), ethnic group in Tanzania
** Bena language, language in the Bantu group, spoken by the Bena people of Tanzania
* Bena language (Adamawa), an Adamawa language of N ...
''
(Warren, 1913) Tunisia
References
Chloephorinae
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