Lithosia
| Lithosia | |
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| Lithosia quadra | |
Scientific classification 
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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[edit]
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[edit]
- Lithosia quadra Linnaeus, 1758
- Lithosia taishanica Daniel, 1954
- Lithosia yuennanensis (Daniel, 1952)
Placement unclear[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lithosia.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.