Mantala

Mantala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Mantala; Walker, 1862
Species:	M. tineoides
Binomial name
	Mantala tineoides; Walker, 1862

Short description: Genus of moths

Mantala is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its single species, Mantala tineoides, is found on Borneo. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1862.^[1] The habitat consists of lowland and lower montane forests.^[2]

References

↑ Savela, Markku. "Mantala Walker, 1862". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/lithosiinae/mantala/. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Mantala tineoides Walker". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/lithosiini/lithosiini_12_1.php. Retrieved October 11, 2019.

Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS.

Wikidata ☰ Q6751972 entry

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Mantala Walker, 1862". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/lithosiinae/mantala/. Retrieved October 11, 2019.

[2] Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Mantala tineoides Walker". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/lithosiini/lithosiini_12_1.php. Retrieved October 11, 2019.