Eilema
Eilema caniola
Scientific 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

• Eilema caniola Hübner, 1808

Eilema species

References

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• 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.