Paralpenus
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Paralpenus is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae
from the Afrotropics. It contains the following species:
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...
from the Afrotropics. It contains the following species:
- Paralpenus atripes (Hampson, 1909)
- Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909)
- Paralpenus flavicosta punctiger (Hering, 1928)
- Paralpenus flavizonatus (Hampson, 1911)
- Paralpenus julius Kühne, 2010
- Paralpenus strigulosa (Hampson, 1901)
- Paralpenus ugandae (Hampson, 1916)
- Paralpenus wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
- Paralpenus wintgensi zimbabweiensis Dubatolov, 2011