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 A32-20111226-P029 (6778915398).jpg
Calliteara taiwana

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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.