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Bembina
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| Bembina | |
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| B. albinotata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymantriinae |
| Tribe: | Nygmiini |
| Genus: | Bembina Walker, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865[1]
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Bembina is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae.
Walker circumscribed the genus in 1865 with his newly-described B. apicalis as its sole member.[1]
Species
[edit]As of 2017[update], the following six species are included in the genus.[2]
- Bembina albinotata (Heylaerts, 1892)
- Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865
- Bembina atripuncta (Hampson, 1897)
- Bembina isabellina (Hampson, 1892)
- Bembina nucula (Swinhoe, 1894)
- Bembina pseudaurantiaca Holloway, 1999
References
[edit]- ^ a b Walker, Francis (1865). "Genus Bembina". Supplement.—Part 2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 32. London: Edward Newman. p. 505.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Bembina Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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