Virbia

Virbia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.[1][2]

Virbia
Virbia laeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Arctiina
Genus:	Virbia Walker, 1854
Synonyms
Holomelina Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Bepara Walker, [1865] Terna Walker, [1865] Cathocida Hampson, 1901 Cothocida Walker, 1865 Cytorus Grote, 1866

Species

• Virbia affinis Rothschild, 1910
• Virbia ampla (Walker, [1865])
• Virbia arbela (H. Druce, 1889)
• Virbia aurantiaca (Hübner, [1831])
• Virbia birchi H. Druce, 1911
• Virbia brevilinea (Walker, 1854)
• Virbia catama Dyar, 1913
• Virbia cetes (H. Druce, 1897)
• Virbia costata (Stretch, 1884)
• Virbia cyana Dognin, 1909
• Virbia disparilis (Grote, [1866])
• Virbia divisa (Walker, 1854)
• Virbia dotata (Walker, [1865])
• Virbia elisca Dyar, 1913
• Virbia endomelaena Dognin, 1914
• Virbia endophaea Dognin, 1910
• Virbia epione H. Druce, 1911
• Virbia esula (H. Druce, 1889)
• Virbia fasciata Rothschild, 1910
• Virbia fergusoni Zaspel 2008
• Virbia feronia (H. Druce, 1889)
• Virbia ferruginosa (Walker, 1854)
• Virbia flavifurca Hampson, 1916
• Virbia flemmingi Rothschild, 1910
• Virbia fluminea Schaus, 1912
• Virbia fragilis (Strecker, 1878)
• Virbia heros (Grote, [1866])
• Virbia hypophaea Hampson, 1901
• Virbia immaculata (Reakirt, 1864)
• Virbia laeta (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Virbia lamae (Freeman, 1941)
• Virbia latus (Grote, [1866])
• Virbia lehmanni Rothschild, 1910
• Virbia lunulata Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
• Virbia luteilinea Walker, 1854
• Virbia marginata (H. Druce, 1885)
• Virbia mathani Rothschild, 1910
• Virbia medarda (Stoll, [1781])
• Virbia mentiens Walker, 1854
• Virbia metazonata Hampson, 1901
• Virbia minuta (Felder, 1874)
• Virbia mirma (H. Druce, 1897)
• Virbia nigricans (Reakirt, 1864)
• Virbia opella (Grote, 1863)
• Virbia orola Dyar, 1914
• Virbia ostenta (H. Edwards, 1881)
• Virbia ovata Rothschild, 1910
• Virbia pallicornis (Grote, 1867)
• Virbia palmeri H. Druce, 1911
• Virbia pamphylia (H. Druce, 1889)
• Virbia parva Schaus, 1892
• Virbia phalangia Hampson, 1920
• Virbia polyphron (H. Druce, 1894)
• Virbia pomponia (H. Druce, 1889)
• Virbia porioni Toulgoët, 1983
• Virbia punctata H. Druce, 1911
• Virbia rindgei Cardé 2008
• Virbia rogersi (H. Druce, 1885)
• Virbia rosenbergi Rothschild, 1910
• Virbia rotundata Schaus, 1904
• Virbia rubicundaria (Hübner, [1831])
• Virbia sanguicollis Hampson, 1901
• Virbia satara Seitz, 1919
• Virbia schadei Jörgensen, 1935
• Virbia semirosea (H. Druce, 1889)
• Virbia strigata Rothschild, 1910
• Virbia subapicalis (Walker, 1854)
• Virbia tenuicincta Hampson, 1901
• Virbia thersites H. Druce, 1885
• Virbia trigonifera Schaus, 1901
• Virbia underwoodi H. Druce, 1911
• Virbia varians Schaus, 1892
• Virbia xanthopleura (Hampson, 1898)
• Virbia zonata (Felder, 1874)

References

1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Virbia Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Virbia Walker, 1854". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 11, 2020.

• Lafontaine, J. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 1–239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414
• Zaspel, J. M. & Weller, S. J. (2006). Review of generic limits of the tiger moth genera Virbia Walker and Holomelina Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) and their biogeography. Zootaxa. 1159: 1-68.
• Zaspel, J. M.; Weller, S. J. & Cardé, R. T. (2008). "A faunal review of Virbia (formerly Holomelina) for North America North of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini)". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 48 (3): 59-118.