Aroa

Aroa
Aroa danva
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Aroa
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Gynaephora Hübner, 1819
  • Caenina Felder, 1861
  • Ornithopsyche Wallengren, 1863
  • Ornithopsyche Wallengren, 1865
  • Bazisa Walker, 1865
  • Baziza Hampson, 1893
  • Arva Grünberg, 1913
  • Hampsona Gupta, Farooqi & Chaudhary, 1986

Aroa is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.