Darantasia (moth)
Encyclopedia
Darantasia is a genus
of moth
s in the Arctiidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
family.
Species
- Darantasia apicata
- Darantasia caerulescens
- Darantasia celebensis
- Darantasia cuneilinea
- Darantasia cuneiplena
- Darantasia cyanifera
- Darantasia cyanoxantha
- Darantasia ecxathia
- Darantasia extensa
- Darantasia goldei
- Darantasia goldiei
- Darantasia hieroglyphica
- Darantasia mesosema
- Darantasia obliqua
- Darantasia ochropyga
- Darantasia pardalina
- Darantasia pervittata
- Darantasia punctata
- Darantasia semiclusa
- Darantasia triplagiata
- Darantasia xenodora