Pirga

Short description: Genus of moths

Pirga

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Lepidoptera

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Erebidae

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Lymantriinae

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Lymantriini

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Pirga

Aurivillius, 1891

Pirga is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891.[1][2][3]

## Species

* Pirga bipuncta Hering, 1926 eastern Africa
* Pirga cryptogena Collenette, 1931 Uganda
* Pirga loveni Aurivillius, 1922
* Pirga magna Swinhoe, 1903 eastern Africa
* Pirga mirabilis Aurivillius, 1891 Gabon
* Pirga mnemosyne Rebel, 1914 Congo
* Pirga pellucida Wichgraf, 1922
* Pirga transvalensis Janse, 1915 southern Africa
* Pirga ubangiana Schultze, 1934 north-western Congo
* Pirga weisei Karsch, 1900 eastern Africa

## References

1. ↑ Savela, Markku (June 1, 2011). "Pirga Aurivillius, 1891". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/lymantriinae/pirga/. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Pirga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=52423.
3. ↑ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Pirga Aurivillius, 1891". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=23181.0. Retrieved April 5, 2020.

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