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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Virbia laeta.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Virbia laeta]]''
| taxon = Virbia
| authority = [[Francis Walker (entomologist)|Walker]], 1854
| synonyms =
*''Holomelina'' <small>Herrich-Schäffer, 1855</small>
*''Bepara'' <small>Walker, [1865]</small>
*''Terna'' <small>Walker, [1865]</small>
*''Cathocida'' <small>Hampson, 1901</small>
*''Cothocida'' <small>Walker, 1865</small>
*''Cytorus'' <small>Grote, 1866</small>
}}
'''''Virbia''''' is a genus of [[Arctiinae (moth)|tiger moths]] in the family [[Erebidae]]. The genus was erected by [[Francis Walker (entomologist)|Francis Walker]] in 1854.<ref>{{cite web |editor-last=Savela |editor-first=Markku |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/virbia/ |title=''Virbia'' Walker, 1854 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=January 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=30402.0 |title=''Virbia'' Walker, 1854 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=[[Natural History Museum, London]] |access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref>
==Species==
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*''[[Virbia affinis]]'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
*''[[Virbia ampla]]'' <small>(Walker, [1865])</small>
*''[[Virbia arbela]]'' <small>(H. Druce, 1889)</small>
*''[[Virbia aurantiaca]]'' <small>(Hübner, [1831])</small>
*''[[Virbia birchi]]'' <small>H. Druce, 1911</small>
*''[[Virbia brevilinea]]'' <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
*''[[Virbia catama]]'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small>
*''[[Virbia cetes]]'' <small>(H. Druce, 1897)</small>
*''[[Virbia costata]]'' <small>(Stretch, 1884)</small>
*''[[Virbia cyana]]'' <small>Dognin, 1909</small>
*''[[Virbia disparilis]]'' <small>(Grote, [1866])</small>
*''[[Virbia divisa]]'' <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
*''[[Virbia dotata]]'' <small>(Walker, [1865])</small>
*''[[Virbia elisca]]'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small>
*''[[Virbia endomelaena]]'' <small>Dognin, 1914</small>
*''[[Virbia endophaea]]'' <small>Dognin, 1910</small>
*''[[Virbia epione]]'' <small>H. Druce, 1911</small>
*''[[Virbia esula]]'' <small>(H. Druce, 1889)</small>
*''[[Virbia fasciata]]'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
*''[[Virbia fergusoni]]'' <small>Zaspel 2008</small>
*''[[Virbia feronia]]'' <small>(H. Druce, 1889)</small>
*''[[Virbia ferruginosa]]'' <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
*''[[Virbia flavifurca]]'' <small>Hampson, 1916</small>
*''[[Virbia flemmingi]]'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
*''[[Virbia fluminea]]'' <small>Schaus, 1912</small>
*''[[Virbia fragilis]]'' <small>(Strecker, 1878)</small>
*''[[Virbia heros]]'' <small>(Grote, [1866])</small>
*''[[Virbia hypophaea]]'' <small>Hampson, 1901</small>
*''[[Virbia immaculata]]'' <small>(Reakirt, 1864)</small>
*''[[Virbia laeta]]'' <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1844)</small>
*''[[Virbia lamae]]'' <small>(Freeman, 1941)</small>
*''[[Virbia latus]]'' <small>(Grote, [1866])</small>
*''[[Virbia lehmanni]]'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
*''[[Virbia lunulata]]'' <small>Herrich-Schäffer, 1855</small>
*''[[Virbia luteilinea]]'' <small>Walker, 1854</small>
*''[[Virbia marginata]]'' <small>(H. Druce, 1885)</small>
*''[[Virbia mathani]]'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
*''[[Virbia medarda]]'' <small>(Stoll, [1781])</small>
*''[[Virbia mentiens]]'' <small>Walker, 1854</small>
*''[[Virbia metazonata]]'' <small>Hampson, 1901</small>
*''[[Virbia minuta]]'' <small>(Felder, 1874)</small>
*''[[Virbia mirma]]'' <small>(H. Druce, 1897)</small>
*''[[Virbia nigricans]]'' <small>(Reakirt, 1864)</small>
*''[[Virbia opella]]'' <small>(Grote, 1863)</small>
*''[[Virbia orola]]'' <small>Dyar, 1914</small>
*''[[Virbia ostenta]]'' <small>(H. Edwards, 1881)</small>
*''[[Virbia ovata]]'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
*''[[Virbia pallicornis]]'' <small>(Grote, 1867)</small>
*''[[Virbia palmeri]]'' <small>H. Druce, 1911</small>
*''[[Virbia pamphylia]]'' <small>(H. Druce, 1889)</small>
*''[[Virbia parva]]'' <small>Schaus, 1892</small>
*''[[Virbia phalangia]]'' <small>Hampson, 1920</small>
*''[[Virbia polyphron]]'' <small>(H. Druce, 1894)</small>
*''[[Virbia pomponia]]'' <small>(H. Druce, 1889)</small>
*''[[Virbia porioni]]'' <small>Toulgoët, 1983</small>
*''[[Virbia punctata]]'' <small>H. Druce, 1911</small>
*''[[Virbia rindgei]]'' <small>Cardé 2008</small>
*''[[Virbia rogersi]]'' <small>(H. Druce, 1885)</small>
*''[[Virbia rosenbergi]]'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
*''[[Virbia rotundata]]'' <small>Schaus, 1904</small>
*''[[Virbia rubicundaria]]'' <small>(Hübner, [1831])</small>
*''[[Virbia sanguicollis]]'' <small>Hampson, 1901</small>
*''[[Virbia satara]]'' <small>Seitz, 1919</small>
*''[[Virbia schadei]]'' <small>Jörgensen, 1935</small>
*''[[Virbia semirosea]]'' <small>(H. Druce, 1889)</small>
*''[[Virbia strigata]]'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
*''[[Virbia subapicalis]]'' <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
*''[[Virbia tenuicincta]]'' <small>Hampson, 1901</small>
*''[[Virbia thersites]]'' <small>H. Druce, 1885</small>
*''[[Virbia trigonifera]]'' <small>Schaus, 1901</small>
*''[[Virbia underwoodi]]'' <small>H. Druce, 1911</small>
*''[[Virbia varians]]'' <small>Schaus, 1892</small>
*''[[Virbia xanthopleura]]'' <small>(Hampson, 1898)</small>
*''[[Virbia zonata]]'' <small>(Felder, 1874)</small>
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==References==
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{{Wikispecies}}
{{Reflist}}
* Lafontaine, J. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ''[[ZooKeys]]''. '''40''': 1–239. {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.40.414}}
* Zaspel, J. M. & Weller, S. J. (2006). ''Review of generic limits of the tiger moth genera ''Virbia'' Walker and ''Holomelina'' Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) and their biogeography''. ''[[Zootaxa]]''. '''1159''': 1-68.
* Zaspel, J. M.; Weller, S. J. & Cardé, R. T. (2008). [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/bulletin/vol48no3hires.pdf "A faunal review of ''Virbia'' (formerly ''Holomelina'') for North America North of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini)"]. ''Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History''. '''48''' (3): 59-118.
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