Areas galactina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jan van der Hoeven in 1840. It is found in China (Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hubei), Taiwan, the north-western Himalayas, India (Sikkim, Assam, Andamans), Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Indochina, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sundaland.
The length of the forewings is 32âÂÂ35 mm for males and 40âÂÂ42 mm for females.
Subspecies
- Areas galactina galactina
- Areas galactina formosana <small>Okano, 1960</small> (Taiwan)
- Areas galactina hollowayi <small>Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009</small> (Malaysia: Sabah)
- Areas galactina inouei <small>Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009</small> (Vietnam)
- Areas galactina khasiana <small>Daniel, 1943</small>
- Areas galactina latifascia <small>(Rothschild, 1933)</small> (Andamans)
- Areas galactina ochracea <small>Mell, 1922</small> (China: Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hubei)
- Areas galactina orientalis <small>(Walker, 1855)</small> (Assam, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh)
- Areas galactina owadai <small>Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2009</small> (Philippines: Palawan, Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Leyte, Negros)
- Areas galactina trigonalis <small>(Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863)</small> (Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo)
References
- , 2009: Subspecies of Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae): 25 years after H. Inoue's review. Tinea 20 (5): 316âÂÂ329.
- , 1840: Beschrijving eeniger nieuwe of weining bekende uitlandsche soorten van Lepidoptera. Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie 7: 276âÂÂ283, pl. 5âÂÂ7, S. en J. Luchtmans: Leiden.
- , 1938: Ueber Indomalayische Nachfalter (Lep. Heteroc.). V. Entomologische Zeitschrift 52: 157âÂÂ160, Frankfurt am Main.