Erruca

Erruca
Erruca cardinale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Erruca Walker, 1854
Synonyms
Lagaria Walker, 1854 (preocc.) Aristodaema Wallengren, 1858 Aristodaema Wallengren, 1861 Rezia Kirby, 1892

Erruca is a genus of tiger moths in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Francis Walker in 1854.[1] Most species were formerly included in the genera Cosmosoma or Mallodeta.[2]

Species

• Erruca cardinale (Hampson, 1898)
• Erruca consors (Walker, 1854)
• Erruca cruenta (Perty, 1834)
• Erruca deyrolii (Walker, 1854)
• Erruca erythrarchos (Walker, 1854)
• Erruca hanga (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854])
• Erruca sanguipuncta (Druce, 1898)

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Erruca Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
2. Pinheiro & Duarte. (2010). "Revision of the Neotropical moth genera Mallodeta Butler and Erruca Walker, revalidated (Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Euchromiina)". Zootaxa. 2573: 1-34.