Virbia

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: Virbia
Species: V. affinis – V. ampla – V. arbela – V. aurantiaca – V. birchi – V. brevilinea – V. catama – V. cetes – V. costata – V. cyana – V. disparalis – V. divisa – V. dotata – V. elisca – V. endomelaena – V. endophaea – V. epione – V. esula – V. fasciata – V. fergusoni – V. feronia – V. ferruginosa – V. flavifurca – V. flemmingi – V. fluminea – V. fragilis – V. heros – V. hypophaea – V. immaculata – V. inversia – V. laeta – V. lamae – V. latus – V. lehmanni – V. lunalata – V. luteilinea – V. marginata – V. mathani – V. medarda – V. mentiens – V. metazonata – V. minuta – V. mirma – V. nigricans – V. opella – V. orola – V. ostenta – V. ovata – V. pallicornis – V. palmeri – V. pamphylia – V. parva – V. phalangia – V. polyphron – V. pomponia – V. porioni – V. punctata – V. rindgei – V. rogersi – V. rosenbergi – V. rotundata – V. rubicundaria – V. sanguicollis – V. satara – V. schadei – V. semirosea – V. strigata – V. subapicalis – V. tenuicincta – V. thersites – V. trigonifera – V. underwoodi – V. varians – V. xanthopleura – V. zonata
Name

Virbia Walker, 1854
Synonyms

Bepara Walker, 1865
Cathocida Hampson, 1901 misspelling.
Cothocida Walker, 1865
Cytorus Grote, 1866
Holomelina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
Terna Walker, 1865

Virbia laeta

References

Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 Reference page.
Zaspel, J.M. & S.J. Weller, 2006, Review of generic limits of the tiger moth genera Virbia Walker and Holomelina Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) and their biogeography Zootaxa 1159: 1–68.
Zaspel, J.M., Weller S.J. & Cardé, R.T., 2008: A faunal review of Virbia (formerly Holomelina) for North America North of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48 (3): 59–118. Full article: [1].

Virbia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.[1][2]
Species

Virbia affinis Rothschild, 1910
Virbia ampla (Walker, [1865])
Virbia arbela (H. Druce, 1889)
Virbia aurantiaca (Hübner, [1831])
Virbia birchi H. Druce, 1911
Virbia brevilinea (Walker, 1854)
Virbia catama Dyar, 1913
Virbia cetes (H. Druce, 1897)
Virbia costata (Stretch, 1884)
Virbia cyana Dognin, 1909
Virbia disparilis (Grote, [1866])
Virbia divisa (Walker, 1854)
Virbia dotata (Walker, [1865])
Virbia elisca Dyar, 1913
Virbia endomelaena Dognin, 1914
Virbia endophaea Dognin, 1910
Virbia epione H. Druce, 1911
Virbia esula (H. Druce, 1889)
Virbia fasciata Rothschild, 1910
Virbia fergusoni Zaspel 2008
Virbia feronia (H. Druce, 1889)
Virbia ferruginosa (Walker, 1854)
Virbia flavifurca Hampson, 1916
Virbia flemmingi Rothschild, 1910
Virbia fluminea Schaus, 1912
Virbia fragilis (Strecker, 1878)
Virbia heros (Grote, [1866])
Virbia hypophaea Hampson, 1901
Virbia immaculata (Reakirt, 1864)
Virbia laeta (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
Virbia lamae (Freeman, 1941)
Virbia latus (Grote, [1866])
Virbia lehmanni Rothschild, 1910
Virbia lunulata Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Virbia luteilinea Walker, 1854
Virbia marginata (H. Druce, 1885)
Virbia mathani Rothschild, 1910
Virbia medarda (Stoll, [1781])
Virbia mentiens Walker, 1854
Virbia metazonata Hampson, 1901
Virbia minuta (Felder, 1874)
Virbia mirma (H. Druce, 1897)
Virbia nigricans (Reakirt, 1864)
Virbia opella (Grote, 1863)
Virbia orola Dyar, 1914
Virbia ostenta (H. Edwards, 1881)
Virbia ovata Rothschild, 1910
Virbia pallicornis (Grote, 1867)
Virbia palmeri H. Druce, 1911
Virbia pamphylia (H. Druce, 1889)
Virbia parva Schaus, 1892
Virbia phalangia Hampson, 1920
Virbia polyphron (H. Druce, 1894)
Virbia pomponia (H. Druce, 1889)
Virbia porioni Toulgoët, 1983
Virbia punctata H. Druce, 1911
Virbia rindgei Cardé 2008
Virbia rogersi (H. Druce, 1885)
Virbia rosenbergi Rothschild, 1910
Virbia rotundata Schaus, 1904
Virbia rubicundaria (Hübner, [1831])
Virbia sanguicollis Hampson, 1901
Virbia satara Seitz, 1919
Virbia schadei Jörgensen, 1935
Virbia semirosea (H. Druce, 1889)
Virbia strigata Rothschild, 1910
Virbia subapicalis (Walker, 1854)
Virbia tenuicincta Hampson, 1901
Virbia thersites H. Druce, 1885
Virbia trigonifera Schaus, 1901
Virbia underwoodi H. Druce, 1911
Virbia varians Schaus, 1892
Virbia xanthopleura (Hampson, 1898)
Virbia zonata (Felder, 1874)

References

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Virbia Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 3, 2018.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Virbia Walker, 1854". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 11, 2020.

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Lafontaine, J. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 1–239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414
Zaspel, J. M. & Weller, S. J. (2006). Review of generic limits of the tiger moth genera Virbia Walker and Holomelina Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) and their biogeography. Zootaxa. 1159: 1-68.
Zaspel, J. M.; Weller, S. J. & Cardé, R. T. (2008). "A faunal review of Virbia (formerly Holomelina) for North America North of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini)". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 48 (3): 59-118.