Bembina

Genus of moths

Bembina

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Tribe:  | Nygmiini
Genus:  | Bembina
Walker, 1865
Type species
Bembina apicalis

Walker, 1865[1]

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]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Bembina Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

Taxon identifiers

Bembina|

* Wikidata: Q4885070
* Wikispecies: Bembina
* BOLD: 182828
* ButMoth: 3748.0
* CoL: 923PQ
* EoL: 87976
* GBIF: 1819776
* IRMNG: 1437930
* LepIndex: 49479
* NCBI: 1418757
* Open Tree of Life: 3216376

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