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 ...
of 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 ...
. It was described by
Hans Zerny
Hans Zerny (11 June 1887, in Vienna-Währing – 14 September 1945, in Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist best known for his studies of Lepidoptera.
He studied zoology at the University of Vienna, where in 1911, he obtained his PhD. Afterwards, ...