Itmaharela

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Itmaharela
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genus: Itmaharela
Nye, 1975 (repl.name) [1]
Species:
I. basalis
Binomial name
Itmaharela basalis
(Moore, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Harmatelia basalisMoore, 1882

Itmaharela is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

This is a replacement name by Nye (1975) for the preoccupied genus Harmatelia (Moore). Lödl & Paumkirchner transferred this genus to Hypeninae in 2001. [2]

At present, there is only one species in this genus: Itmaharela basalisMoore, 1882 that is known from India [3] and Taiwan. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Harmatelia Moore, 1882". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  2. ↑ Lödl & Paumkirchner, 2001. The identity of Itmaharela Nye, 1975 (Hamatelia Moore, 1882) - a genus of the genus-group Hypena, Schrank, 1802 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Hypeninae). Quadrifina Bd.' 87-97
  3. ↑ Hewitson, William C. & Moore, Frederic (1879). Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects: From the Collection of the Late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, M.A., F.L.S., &c. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. OCLC   9625544 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ see Lödl & Paumkirchner, 2001


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