''Ustjuzhania'' 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 from southern and eastern
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2009.
Species
* ''
Ustjuzhania chionea''
(Hampson, 1900)
* ''
Ustjuzhania lineata''
(Walker, 1855)
** ''Ustjuzhania lineata malawica''
Dubatolov, 2009
* ''
Ustjuzhania albida''
(Bartel, 1903)
References
*Dubatolov, V. V. (2009). "Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V. Kovtunovich & P. Usthjuzhanin in 2008-2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae)". ''Atalanta''. 40 (1/2): 285–301, 352-355 (colour plates 24-27).
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Spilosomina
Moths of Africa
Moth genera
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