Ilema

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Ilema
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Ilema kosemponica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Ilema
Moore, [1860]
Synonyms
  • MeliaWalker, 1855 (Preocc.)
  • CadrusiaMoore, 1879
  • MalachitisHampson, 1895
  • NeocifunaInoue, 1982

Ilema is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Walker in 1855 and renamed by Moore in 1860, because Walker's chosen name was preoccupied. [1] [2] [3]

Selected species

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (January 8, 2019). "Ilema Moore, [1860]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ilema". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Ilema Moore, 1860". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved May 15, 2020.


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