Eilema

Genus of moths

Eilema
Eilema caniola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Lithosiina
Genus: Eilema
Hübner, 1819
Synonyms
  • Hilema Agassiz, 1847
  • Eucreagra Felder, 1874
  • Ilema Hampson, 1900 (preocc.)
  • Lophilema Aurivillius, 1910
  • Crocosia Hampson, 1914

Eilema is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.

Taxonomy

After a 2011 revision, all the species but one, E. caniola, have been moved to other genera.[1]

The genera formerly included in Eilema are:

  • Asiapistosia Dubatolov & Kishida, 2012
  • Capissa Moore, 1878
  • Collita Moore, 1878
  • Dolgoma Moore, 1878
  • Gandhara Moore, 1878
  • Katha Moore, 1878
  • Manulea Wallengren, 1863
  • Muscula Koçak, 1991
  • Prabhasa Moore, 1878
  • Tarika Moore, 1878
  • Wittia de Freina, 1980
  • Zadadra Moore, 1878
  • Zobida Birket-Smith, 1965

Species

Former Eilema species

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  • Ignatyev, N. N. & Witt, T. J. (2007). "A review of Eilema Hübner, 1819 of Russia and adjacent territories. Part 1. The Eilema griseola (Hübner, 1803) species group (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 30 (1): 25–43.
  • Inoue, H. (1988). "Three new species and some synonymic notes on the Arctiidae from Japan, Taiwan and Philippines". Tyô to Ga. 39 (2): 99-118.
  • Kühne, L. (2010) "Taxonomische Ergebnisse der bearbeitung der nachtfalterfauna des südlichen Afrikas (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea)". Esperiana. Memoir 5: 433–456.
  • 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.
  • Witt, T. J. & Ronkay, L. (2011). "Lymantriinae and Arctiinae - Including Phylogeny and Check List of the Quadrifid Noctuoidea of Europe". Noctuidae Europaeae. 13: 1–448.
Taxon identifiers
Eilema