Biology:Lithosia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Lithosia
Lithosia quadra f.jpg
Lithosia quadra
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Lithosiina
Genus: Lithosia
Fabricius, 1798[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithosis Billberg, 1820
  • Lichenia Sodoffsky, 1837

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

Placement unclear

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1367107 entry