Diaphora is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae described by Stephens in 1827.[1] The moths are found in the Palearctic region.[2]
| Diaphora | |
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| Diaphora mendica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Diaphora Stephens, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Phalaena mendica Clerck, 1759
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Species
edit- Diaphora × beata (Caradja, 1898)
- Diaphora × hilaris (Caradja, 1898)
- Diaphora × inversa (Caradja, 1898)
- Diaphora luctuosa (Geyer, [1831])
- Diaphora mendica (Clerck, 1759) – muslin moth
- Diaphora × seileri (Caradja, 1898)
- Diaphora sordida (Hübner, [1803])
References
edit- ^ "DIAPHORA - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Diaphora Stephens, 1827". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
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