''Heliactinidia'' is a genus 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
George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist.
Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...
in 1901.
Selected species
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Heliactinidia austriaca
''Heliactinidia'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1901.
Selected species
*'' Heliactinidia austriaca'' Seitz, 1919 Ecuador
*'' Heliactinidia caerulescens'' Hampson, 1901 Colombia
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Seitz, 1919 Ecuador
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Heliactinidia caerulescens
''Heliactinidia caerulescens'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with I ...
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Hampson, 1901 Colombia
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Heliactinidia chiguinda
''Heliactinidia chiguinda'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bord ...
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(Druce, 1885) Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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Heliactinidia dispar
''Heliactinidia dispar'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Warren in 1907. It is found in Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an are ...
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(Warren, 1907) Argentina
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Heliactinidia flavivena
''Heliactinidia flavivena'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1909. It is found in Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular ...
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Dognin, 1909 Colombia
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Heliactinidia hodeva''
(Druce, 1906) Peru
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Heliactinidia nigrilinea''
(Walker, 1856) Espírito Santo in Brazil
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Heliactinidia sitia''
Schaus, 1910 Costa Rica
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Heliactinidia tornensis''
Prout, 1918 Colombia
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Heliactinidia vespertilio
''Heliactinidia'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae (moth), Arctiinae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1901.
Selected species
*''Heliactinidia austriaca'' Seitz, 1919 Ecuador
*''Heliactinidia caerulescens'' Hampson, 1901 ...
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(Dognin, 1911) Colombia
References
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Arctiinae
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