Paramaenas strigosus is a species of moth in the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae (the tiger‑moths). The species was first described by the entomologist Francis Walker in 1855.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Erebidae
- Subfamily: Arctiinae
- Genus: Paramaenas
- Species: Paramaenas strigosus
Distribution
The species is known from the Afrotropical region. Records indicate its presence in several countries of sub‑Saharan Africa, although precise locality data are limited in widely accessible references.
Remarks
The genus Paramaenas groups a number of African tiger‑moth species that share similar adult morphology and larval host‑plant preferences, but detailed ecological or biological information for P. strigosus specifically is not extensively documented in major encyclopedic sources.
