Calliteara

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Calliteara
Calliteara pudibunda - Buchen-Streckfuss 01 (HS).jpg
Calliteara pudibunda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Calliteara
Butler, 1881
Synonyms
  • DasychiraHübner, [1806]
  • AxiologaTurner, 1904
  • ElkneriaBörner, 1932
  • MacaronesiaBacallado & Gómez Bustillo & Vives, 1981

Calliteara is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. [1] [2]

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Species

Calliteara pudibunda - caterpillar 004 Calliteara pudibunda - pale tussock moth in Poland.jpg
Calliteara pudibunda - caterpillar
Calliteara diplozona Calliteara diplozona (Lymantriidae-Orgyinae) (5695946626).jpg
Calliteara diplozona
Calliteara taiwana Calliteara taiwana (6778915398).jpg
Calliteara taiwana

References

  1. Savela, Markku (January 8, 2019). "Calliteara Butler, 1881". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Calliteara". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved December 4, 2020.