Tarika varana

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: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Lithosiina
Genus: Tarika
Species: Tarika varana

Name

Tarika varana (Moore, 1865)

Type locality: [NE India, north of West Bengal] “Darjeeling”

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. QR-code label with unique number “NHMUK010401852” (lectotype Lithosia varana designated by Volynkin et al., 2023: 287)

Synonyms

• Lithosia varana Moore, 1865: 797 (original combination)
• Tarika varana (Moore):
• Tarika nivea Moore, 1878 (lectotype designated by Volynkin et al., 2023: 287)
  • Type locality: [NE India, north of West Bengal] “Darjeeling”
    • Lectotype: BMNH. female ♀. QR-code label with unique number “NHMUK010401853”

References

Primary references

• Moore, F., 1878. A revision of certain genera of European and asiatic Lithosiinae, with characters of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 3–37.Reference page. 

Additional references

• Volynkin, A.V., Saldaitis, A., Černý, K. & Huang, S.Y. 2023. Taxonomic review of the genus Tarika Moore with descriptions of six new species from Nepal, China and Indochina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa 5258(3): 285–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5258.3.3. . Reference page.