Tarika varana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Tarika Moore, 1878 |
| Species: | T. varana
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| Binomial name | |
| Tarika varana (Moore, [1866])
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Tarika is a monotypic moth genus of the subfamily Arctiinae in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Tarika varana, is found in Sikkim, India. The genus and species were both first described by Frederic Moore; the genus in 1878 and the species in 1866.[1]
The forewings are unicolorous pale.[2]
This species was previously placed in the genus Eilema.[2]
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- ^ Savela, Markku. "Eilema varana (Moore, [1866])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ a b Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.