Ballatha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Nolidae
Genus:
Ballatha

Walker, [1866][1]
Type species
Ballatha laeta
Walker, [1866][1]
Synonyms
  • Hyposcota Hampson, 1912[1]

Ballatha is an Indomalayan genus of moths in the family Nolidae,[1] in which it is either placed incertae sedis,[2][1] or as part of the subfamily Chloephorinae.[3][4] The genus was formerly considered part of the Noctuidae, subfamily Chloephorinae.[lower-alpha 1]

Ballatha species are known to occur in northern India and Myanmar (B. laeta), Hainan (B. aurata) and on Borneo (B. willotti).[1][2]

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • Ballatha aurata (Warren, 1916)
  • Ballatha laeta Walker, [1866]
  • Ballatha willotti Holloway, 2003

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Chloephorinae is nowadays considered part of the Nolidae.[5]
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Savela, Markku. "Ballatha Walker, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ballatha Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Ballatha Walker, 1866". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ballatha Walker 1866". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Chloephorinae". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 16 February 2019.


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