Diaphora
Diaphora mendica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Diaphora
Stephens, 1827
Type species
Phalaena mendica
Clerck, 1759

Diaphora is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae described by Stephens in 1827.[1] The moths are found in the Palearctic region.[2]

Species

  • Diaphora × beata (Caradja, 1898)
  • Diaphora × hilaris (Caradja, 1898)
  • Diaphora × inversa (Caradja, 1898)
  • Diaphora luctuosa (Geyer, [1831])
  • Diaphora mendica (Clerck, 1759) – muslin moth
  • Diaphora × seileri (Caradja, 1898)
  • Diaphora sordida (Hübner, [1803])

References

  1. "DIAPHORA - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Diaphora Stephens, 1827". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 26, 2019.


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