''Sarmatia '' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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 of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (''Catocala'' ...
. The genus was erected by
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very earl ...
in 1854.
Species
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Sarmatia albolineata''
Bethune-Baker, 1911 Angola
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Sarmatia ankasoka''
Viette, 1979 Madagascar
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Sarmatia expandens''
(Walker, 1869)
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Sarmatia indenta''
Bethune-Baker, 1909
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Sarmatia interitalis''
Guenée, 1854 southern Africa
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Sarmatia malagasy''
Viette, 1968 Madagascar
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Sarmatia subpallescens''
(Holland, 1894) western Africa
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Sarmatia talhouki''
Wiltshire, 1982 Arabia
References
Hypeninae
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