Teracotona

Teracotona is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from the Afrotropics. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.

Teracotona
Teracotona subterminata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Teracotona Butler, 1878
Type species
Aloa rhodophaea Walker, [1865] 1864
Synonyms
Macronyx Felder, 1874

Species

Subgenus Teracotona Butler, 1878

• Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900
  • Teracotona euprepia bicolor Toulgoët, 1980
• Teracotona euprepioides Wichgraf, 1921
• Teracotona pardalina Bartel, 1903
• Teracotona quadripunctata Wichgraf, 1908 (=buryi Rothschild, 1910)
• Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, [1865])
• Teracotona submaculata (Walker, 1855)
• Teracotona trifasciata Bartel, 1903

Subgenus Neoteracotona Dubatolov, 2009

• Teracotona alicia (Hampson, 1911)
• Teracotona jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910)
• Teracotona kovtunovitchi Dubatolov, 2011
• Teracotona murtafaa Wiltshire, 1980
• Teracotona pallida Joicey & Talbot, 1924
• Teracotona pitmanni (Rothschild, 1933)
  • Teracotona pitmani major (Rothschild, 1933)
• Teracotona postalbida Gaede, 1926
• Teracotona proditrix Berio, 1939
• Teracotona pruinosa de Joannis, 1912
• Teracotona translucens (Grünberg, 1907)

Subgenus Pseudoteracotona Dubatolov, 2009

• Teracotona abyssinica (Rothschild, 1933)
• Teracotona approximans (Rothschild, 1917)
• Teracotona clara Holland, 1892
  • Teracotona clara rubiginea(Toulgoët, 1977)
• Teracotona immaculata (Wichgraf, 1921)
• Teracotona melanocera (Hampson, 1920)
• Teracotona metaxantha (Hampson, 1920)
• Teracotona multistrigata Joicey & Talbot, 1924
• Teracotona neumanni (Rothschild, 1933)
• Teracotona seminigra (Hampson, 1905)
• Teracotona senegalensis (Rothschild, 1933)
• Teracotona subapproximans (Rothschild, 1933)
• Teracotona subterminata (Hampson, 1901)
• Teracotona uhrikmeszarosi Szent-Ivany, 1942
• Teracotona wittei (Debauche, 1942)

Teracotona sensu lato

• Teracotona homeyeri Rothschild, 1910
• Teracotona latifasciata Carcasson, 1965

Incorrectly placed species

• Teracotona mirabilis - transferred into Lithosiinae

References

• Dubatolov, V.V., 2009: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V.Kovtunovich & P. Usthjuzhanin in 2008–2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Atalanta 40 (1/2): 285–301, 352-355 (colour plates 24-27).
• Dubatolov, V.V., 2011: Arctiinae from African expeditions of V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin in 2009–2011, with description of new taxa and taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 42 (1/2): 125–135.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Savela, Markku. "Teracotona Butler, 1878". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 21, 2019.

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