Bembina

Bembina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Lymantriinae
Tribe:	Nygmiini
Genus:	Bembina Walker, 1865
Type species
Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865[1]

Bembina is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae.

Walker circumscribed the genus in 1865 with his newly-described B. apicalis as its sole member.[1]

Species

As of 2017^[update], the following six species are included in the genus.[2]

• Bembina albinotata (Heylaerts, 1892)
• Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865
• Bembina atripuncta (Hampson, 1897)
• Bembina isabellina (Hampson, 1892)
• Bembina nucula (Swinhoe, 1894)
• Bembina pseudaurantiaca Holloway, 1999

References

1. Walker, Francis (1865). "Genus Bembina". Supplement.—Part 2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 32. London: Edward Newman. p. 505.
2. Savela, Markku. "Bembina Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 30 September 2017.