| Lithosia | |
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| Lithosia quadra | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Lithosiina |
| Genus: | Lithosia Fabricius, 1798[1] |
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Lithosia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. Species are cosmopolitan.
Description
Palpi short and porrect (extending forward). Antennae ciliated. Forewing with shorter and broader cell. Vein 2 from beyond the middle. Vein 3 and 4 stalked, vein 5 absent, vein 6 from below angle or from angle or beyond it. Vein 9 rising from vein 10 and forming an areole or stalked with veins 7 and 8. Vein 11 free or anastomosing (fused) with vein 12. Hindwing with vein 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked. Vein 5 absent and vein 8 from middle of cell.[2]
Species
- Lithosia quadra Linnaeus, 1758
- Lithosia taishanica Daniel, 1954
- Lithosia yuennanensis (Daniel, 1952)
Placement unclear
- Lithosia amoyca Daniel, 1954
- Lithosia atuntseica Daniel, 1954
- Lithosia clarivenata Reich, 1937
- Lithosia eburneola Turati, 1933
- Lithosia gynaegrapha de Joannis, 1930
- Lithosia insolata Dannatt, 1929
- Lithosia likiangica Daniel, 1954
- Lithosia lungtanica Daniel, 1954
- Lithosia szetchuana Sterneck, 1938
- Lithosia tienmushanica Daniel, 1954
Former species
- Lithosia atroradiata Walker, 1864
- Lithosia chekiangica Daniel, 1954
- Lithosia chrysargyrea Kiriakoff, 1963
- Lithosia colonoides Kiriakoff, 1963
- Lithosia formosicola Matsumura, 1927
- Lithosia fukienica Daniel, 1954
- Lithosia horishanella Matsumura, 1927
- Lithosia hunanica Daniel, 1954
- Lithosia innshanica Daniel, 1939
- Lithosia karenkona Matsumura, 1930
- Lithosia magnata Matsumura, 1927
- Lithosia minima Daniel, 1954
- Lithosia pavescens Daniel, 1954
- Lithosia ranrunensis Matsumura, 1927
- Lithosia postmaculosa Matsumura, 1927
- Lithosia pseudocomplana Daniel, 1939
- Lithosia ratonella Matsumura, 1927
- Lithosia rhyparodactyla Kiriakoff, 1963
- Lithosia saitonis Matsumura, 1927
- Lithosia sakia Matsumura, 1927
- Lithosia subcosteola Druce, 1899
- Lithosia taiwanella Matsumura, 1927
- Lithosia tomponis Matsumura, 1927
- Lithosia uniformeola Daniel, 1954
- Lithosia usuguronis Matsumura, 1927
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Lithosia Fabricius, 1798". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
External links
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- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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