Areas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Spilosomina
Genus: Areas
Subgenus: A. (Melanareas)

Overview of species

A. aquila – A. galactina – A. imperialis

Name

Areas Walker, 1855: 658

Type species: Areas orientalis Walker, 1855 by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Walker, F. 1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 583–775. BHL [original description: p. 658]

Additional references

• Butler, A.G., 1889: Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 7: i-iv, 1-124, pl. CXXI-CXXXVIII, London.
• Dubatolov, V.V. , P.G. Haynes & Y. Kishida, 2009: Subspecies of Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae): 25 years after H. Inoue's review. Tinea 20 (5): 316–329. Full article: [1].
• Nakao, K. & Černý, K., 2013: A new species of the genus Areas Walker, 1855 from Laos and Thailand (Noctuoidea, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, NF 34 (1/2): 87–89.