''Massala '' 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
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1865.
Species
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Massala abdara''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 869
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Year 869 ( DCCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Summer – Emperor Basil I allies with the Frankish emperor Louis II against the Saracens. He sends ...
Venezuela
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Massala asema''
Hampson, 1926 Antilles
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Massala carthia''
Schaus, 1904 southeast Brazil
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Massala dimidiata''
Walker, 1865 Jamaica
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Massala dorsilinea''
(Dyar, 1909) Guyana
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Massala ernestina''
Dognin, 1912 Bolivia
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Massala hieroglyphica''
(Walker, 1867) Colombia
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Massala maculifera''
(Maassen, 1890) Peru
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Massala marmona''
Schaus, 1904 Brazil (São Paulo)
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Massala obvertens''
(Walker, 1858) Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Guatemala
References
Eulepidotinae
Moth genera
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