Hyarias

Hyarias metarhoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Hyarias
Swinhoe, 1892
Species: H. metarhoda
Binomial name
Hyarias metarhoda
(F. Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma metarhoda Walker, 1856
  • Diacrisia metarhoda

Hyarias is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The genus contains only one species, Hyarias metarhoda (F. Walker, 1856), which is strictly endemic for the Philippines.

Taxonomy

This species was previously included in Spilosoma, but those species have quite different male genitalia. [1]

References

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