''Erika analalava'' is the only species in the

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

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 ...

genus ''Erika'' of the subfamily

Lymantriinae The Lymantriinae (formerly called the Lymantriidae) are a subfamily of moths of the family Erebidae. The taxon was erected by George Hampson in 1893. Many of its component species are referred to as "tussock moths" of one sort or another. The ca ...

. It is found on Madagascar. Both the genus and the species were first described by Paul Griveaud in 1976.

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*Original description: Griveaud, Paul (1975)
"Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux genres et espèces de Lymantriidae malgaches [Lep.]"
''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France ''. 80 (7-8): 232. Lymantriinae {{Lymantriidae-stub