Micraloa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Spilosomina
Genus: Micraloa
Species: M. emittens – M. lineola
Name

Micraloa Dubatolov, 2004

Type species: Bombyx lineola Fabricius, 1793
References

Dubatolov, V.V. 2004: A new genus is established for Bombyx lineola Fabricius, 1793, with systematic notes on the genus Aloa Walker, 1855. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Atalanta 35 (3/4): 403–413.

Micraloa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from Hindustan, Himalayas, Sri Lanka and Myanmar (Burma).
Species

Micraloa lineola (Fabricius, 1793)
Micraloa emittens (Walker, 1855)

References

Dubatolov, V.V., 2004: A new genus is established for Bombyx lineola Fabricius, 1793, with systematic notes on the genus Aloa Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 35 (3/4): 403-413, colour plate XXIb, Würzburg.
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog