Lemonia

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Lemonia
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Lemonia taraxaci
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Brahmaeidae
Genus: Lemonia
Hübner, [1820] 1816
Type species
Bombyx taraxaci
Synonyms
  • CrateronyxDuponchel, 1845

Lemonia is a genus of moths in the family Brahmaeidae (older classifications placed it in the separate family Lemoniidae. [1]

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Species

A caterpillar of Lemonia sp. Lemonia sp larva.png
A caterpillar of Lemonia sp.

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<i>Lemonia taraxaci</i> Species of moth

Lemonia taraxaci, the autumn silkworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 and it is found in south-eastern Europe.

<i>Lemonia balcanica</i> Species of moth

Lemonia balcanica is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It is found in the Balkans.

<i>Lemonia philopalus</i> Species of moth

Lemonia philopalus is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It is found from Spain up to Egypt and North Africa.

Lemonia pauli is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1894. Its range includes Israel, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.

<i>Lemonia peilei</i> Species of moth

Lemonia peilei is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1921.

Lemonia pia is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Rudolf Püngeler in 1902.

Lemonia ponticus is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1894.

Lemonia sacrosancta is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Rudolf Püngeler in 1902.

Lemonia sardanapalus is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1887. It is known from Turkmenistan.

Lemonia strigata is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Hans Rebel in 1910. It is also listed as a synonym of Lemonia taraxaci.

References

  1. ↑ Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236


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