Aroa Walker, 1855

FAMILY	Erebidae
SUBFAMILY	Lymantriinae
AUTHOR	Walker, 1855
STATUS	Genus
PUBLICATION	Walker F. 1855b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 4:i-iv, 777-976.
PAGINATION	780 (key), 791
COMMENTS	Type species: Aroa discalis Walker, 1855. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.- Lepidoptera Heterocera: 792. By subsequent designation by Kirby, 1892. Synonymic Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Heterocera 1: 463.

Genus Synonyms

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS
Arva	Grünberg, 1913	Unavailable name
Caenina	Felder, 1861	Synonym of genus
Cladophora	Geyer, 1832	Synonym of genus
Gynaephora	Hübner, 1819	Synonym of genus
Gynophora	Agassiz, 1847	Synonym of genus
Ornithopsyche	Wallengren, 1863	Synonym of genus

Species

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS	PUBLICATION
achrodisca	Hampson, 1910	Species	Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388-510, pls 36-41.
acrodisca	Collenette, 1954	Unavailable name	Collenette C. L. 1954b. New and little-known African Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (B) 23:146-154, pl. 1.
anthora	(Felder R., 1874)	Species	Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865-1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. - — 2(4):1-20, pls 1-140.
callista	(Collenette, 1933)	Species	Collenette C. L. 1933a. New Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera Heterocera) in the British Museum collection. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 11(61):33-48, pl. 1.
danva	Schaus & Clements, 1893	Species	Schaus W. & Clements W. G. 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera. - — :i-vi, 1-46, pls 1-3.
decolorata	Hering, 1926	Synonym of species	Hering E. M. 1926-1927. Pterothysanidae, Lymantriidae, Brahmaeidae. - In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. - — 14:123-125, 127-204, 349-351.
deflecta	Hering, 1926	Synonym of species	Hering E. M. 1926-1927. Pterothysanidae, Lymantriidae, Brahmaeidae. - In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. - — 14:123-125, 127-204, 349-351.
difficilis	Walker, 1865	Species	Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.- Supplement Part 2. - — 32:i-iv, 323-706.
discalis	Walker, 1855	Species	Walker F. 1855b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 4:i-iv, 777-976.
eugonia	Collenette, 1953	Species	Collenette C. L. 1953. Notes on African Lymantriidae, with descriptions of some new species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 6(68):561-578, pl. 13.
hypoxantha	(Wallengren, 1863)	Synonym of species	Wallengren H. D. J. 1863a. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. III. - Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 7(5):137-151.
incerta	Rogenhofer, 1891	Species	Rogenhofer A. F. 1891a. Afrikanische Schmetterlinge des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. II. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 6(3):455-466, pl. 15.
interrogationis	Collenette, 1938	Species	Collenette C. L. 1938a. New species of Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera, Heterocera) from the Haut Katanga and other localities. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11) 1(2):209-223, pl. 9.
leonensis	Hampson, 1910	Species	Hampson G. F. 1910a. Descriptions of new African moths. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 5(29):430-464; (30): 465-496.
melanoleuca	Hampson, 1905	Species	Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). - Annals of the South African Museum 3(9):389-438.
nigripicta	Holland, 1893	Species	Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. - Psyche 6(201):373-376, 393-400, 411-418, 431-434, 451-454, 469-476 (…) 549-552, 565-568, pls 10, 17, 18, 20, 21.
ochraceata	Walker, 1865	Synonym of species	Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.- Supplement Part 2. - — 32:i-iv, 323-706.
pampoecila	Collenette, 1930	Species	Collenette C. L. 1930. Some new African and Indo-Australian Lymantriidae in the collection recently presented by Mr. J. J. Joicey to the British Museum. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 78(1):67-86, pls 6-7.
quadrimaculata	(Janse, 1915)	Species	Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5(1):1-67.
quadriplagata	Pagenstecher, 1903	Species	Pagenstecher A. 1903. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der Reise des Freiherrn Carlo von Erlanger durch Süd-Schoa, die Galla- und Somaliländer in 1900 und 1901. Sphingiden und Bombyciden. - Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde, Wiesbaden 56:1-28, pl. 1.
signata	Walker, 1865	Synonym of species	Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.- Supplement Part 2. - — 32:i-iv, 323-706.
tomisa	Druce, 1896	Species	Druce H. 1896. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from tropical Africa. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 17(101):350-356.
xanthypopteros	(Wichgraf, 1921)	Synonym of species	Wichgraf F. 1921-1922. Neue afrikanische Lepidoptera aus der Ertlschen Sammlung. Fortsetzung. - Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben 15(3):19-20; (8): 59-60; (12):93-95; (15):116-117; (20):157-158; (1922)(22):171-173; (25):196-198; (26)208.
yokoae	Bethune-Baker, 1927	Species	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 20:321-334.