''Rahona'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in 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 was named by Paul Griveaud in 1975. Most of the species of this genus occur in central Africa or

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. The name was inadvertently used again in 1998 for a fossil species of Avian theropod ''Rahona ostromi'', by Catherine Forster and colleagues. When they discovered that the name had already been used by Griveaud, they renamed the fossil ''

Rahonavis ''Rahonavis'' is a genus of bird-like theropod from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, from about 72.1 to 66 mya) of what is now northwestern Madagascar. It is known from a partial skeleton ( UA 8656) found by Catherine Forster and colleagues ...

''.

Species

Some species of this genus are:

References

Lymantriinae Noctuoidea genera Moths of Africa Moths of Madagascar {{Lymantriidae-stub