Penicillaria (moth) explained

Penicillaria is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Penicillaria aureiplaga (Bethune-Baker, 1906) New Guinea
• Penicillaria dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1906 New Guinea
• Penicillaria dinawaensis (Bethune-Baker, 1906) New Guinea
• Penicillaria dorsipuncta (Hampson, 1912) Singapore, Sundaland - New Guinea, Queensland
• Penicillaria ethiopica (Hampson, 1920) South Africa
• Penicillaria jocosatrix Guenée, 1852 Indo-Australian tropics, Hawaii (introduced)
• Penicillaria ludatrix Walker, 1858 Sri Lanka
• Penicillaria lineatrix Walker, 1858 Canara
• Penicillaria maculata Butler, 1889 Oriental tropics, Sundaland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu
• Penicillaria magnifica (Robinson, 1975) Fiji
• Penicillaria meeki Bethune-Baker, 1906 Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomons, Fiji, Samoa
• Penicillaria nigriplaga (Warren, 1914) New Guinea
• Penicillaria nugatrix Guenée, 1852 India
• Penicillaria plusioides (Walker, 1862) Oriental tropics, Sundaland, Bismarcks
• Penicillaria pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1906) New Guinea
• Penicillaria regalis (Prout, 1921) Amboina
• Penicillaria rothschildi (Warren, 1914) New Guinea
• Penicillaria simplex (Walker, 1865) Oriental tropics - New Guinea, Kuangtung

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . May 31, 2020 . Penicillaria Guenée, 1852 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 2, 2020.
2. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Penicillaria Guenée, 1852 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . August 2, 2020.