Areas (moth)

Areas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Areas Walker, 1855
Type species
Areas orientalis Walker, 1855
Synonyms
Melanareas Butler, 1889

Areas is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.

Species

• Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840)

Subgenus Melanareas Butler, 1889

• Areas imperialis (Kollar, [1844])

References

• Dubatolov, V. V., Haynes, P. G. & Kishida, Y., 2009: Subspecies of Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae): 25 years after H.Inoue's review. Tinea 20 (5): 316-329.
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog