''Aphra'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the subfamily

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

. The genus was described by Watson in 1980.

Species

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Aphra flavicosta ''Aphra flavicosta'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855. It found in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), ...

'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 * ''

Aphra nyctemeroides ''Aphra nyctemeroides'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1869. It found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in bot ...

'' Walker, 1869 * ''

Aphra sanguipalpis ''Aphra sanguipalpis'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1907. It found in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol ...

'' Dognin, 1907 * ''

Aphra trivittata ''Aphra trivittata'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both ...

'' Walker, 1854

References

Arctiinae Moth genera {{Arctiinae-stub