Balaca

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

{{For |the family of Spanish painters |José Balaca}}

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| parent_authority = Walker, 1865

| taxon = Balaca picaria

| authority = Walker, 1865

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Balaca is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its only species, Balaca picaria, can be found in New Guinea. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1865.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/balaca/ |title=Balaca Walker, [1865] |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 21, 2019}}