Riechia

Riechia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Castniidae
Genus:	Riechia Oiticica, 1955^[1]
Species:	R. acraeoides
Binomial name
*Riechia acraeoides* (Guérin-Méneville, [1832])
Synonyms
Genus: Herrichia Buchecker, [1876] Species: Castnia acraeoides Guérin-Méneville, [1832] Castnia actinophorus Kollar, 1839 Castnia f. nervosa Strand, 1913 Castnia jörgenseni Breyer, 1933 Herrichia diffusa Lathy, 1923

Riechia is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae containing only one species, Riechia acraeoides, which is found in Peru, Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina.

Subspecies

Riechia acraeoides acraeoides (Peru, Brazil, Argentina)
Riechia acraeoides diffusa (Lathy, 1923) (Brazil)

References

↑ Riechia at funet.fi.

External links

Data related to Riechia at Wikispecies
Media related to Riechia at Wikimedia Commons

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