Boenasa

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Genus:
B. angelica – B. benedicti – B. davidsoni – B. domingonis – B. keegani – B. nigrorosea – B. tricolor

Note: for B. polyphron Druce, 1894 see Virbia polyphron (Druce, 1894).

Boenasa Walker, [1865]: 266

Boenasa nigrorosea Walker, [1865]: 266, by monotypy.

• Baenasa; Druce, 1894: 177 (Incorrect subsequent spelling of Boenasa Walker, [1865]).
• Torycus Herrich-Schäffer, 1866: 119; (Junior subjective synonym of Boenasa per Becker, 2002: 351).
  • Type species: Torycus tricolor Herrich-Schäffer, 1866, by monotypy.

• Walker, F. 1865. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII. Supplement.--Part 2. British Museum (Natural History), London. 322–706. BHL Reference page. 
• Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1866. Schmetterlinge aus Cuba. Korrespondenz-Blatt des Zoologisch-Mineralogischen Vereines in Regensburg 20: 103–109, 113–120, 130–136. BHL , also ARCHIVE. Reference page. 

• Becker, V.O. 2002. The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19: 349–391. Reference page. 
• Druce, H. 1894. Description of some new Species of Heterocera from Central America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 13: 168–182. Full article (BHL). Reference page. 
• Schaus, W. 1924. New species of Lepidoptera in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 65(7): 1–74. BHL. Reference page. 
• Schaus, W. 1924. New species of Lepidoptera in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 65(7): 1–74. BHL. Reference page. 
• Laguerre, M. 2020. Description of six new species of Lithosiini for the Neotropical fauna (Lepidoptera erebidae Arctiinae Lithosiini). ResearchGate . Antenor 6(2): 123–133. Reference page. 
• Laguerre, M. 2024. Description of three new species and a new genus of Lithosiini from Dominican Republic (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Faunitaxys 12(37): 1–9. LINK PDF Reference page. 

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