Earias

Earias
	Earias biplaga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae
Subfamily:	Eariadinae
Genus:	Earias; Hübner, 1825
Type species
	Earias clorana; (Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
	Aphusia Walker, 1858; Digba Walker, 1862; Earis Stephens, 1834; Sinciana Strand, 1915;

Earias is a genus of moths in the monotypic subfamily Eariadinae of the family Nolidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Species are found throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, some being agricultural pests such as bollworms.

Description

Palpi upturned and second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint porrect (extending forward) and varying in length. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Forewings with veins 3 to 5 from near angle of cell, vein 6 from upper angle, and veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 stalked, vein 5 absent, veins 6 and 7 from upper angle and vein 8 from center of cell.^[1]

Species

Some species of this genus are:

Earias albovenosana Oberthür, 1917
Earias amseli Wiltshire, 1961
Earias ansorgei Tams, 1930
Earias apicebrunnea Warren, 1916
Earias becqueti Berger, 1953
Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
Earias brevipennis Warren, 1916
Earias clorana (Linnaeus, 1761)
Earias chlorodes Meyrick, 1902
Earias chlorophyllana Staudinger, [1892]
Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
Earias dilatifemur Sugi, 1982
Earias divisa Warnecke, 1940
Earias fabia Stoll, 1971
Earias flavida Felder, 1861
Earias gigas Berio, 1956
Earias glaucescens (Hampson, 1905)
Earias ikondae Berio, 1974
Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
Earias irkana Wiltshire, 1936
Earias jezoensis Sugi, 1982
Earias latimargo Hampson, 1912
Earias luteolaria Hampson, 1891
Earias malagasy Viette, 1969
Earias mjoebergi A. E. Prout, 1926
Earias novoguineana Bethune-Baker, 1906
Earias nubica (Strand, 1915)
Earias ogovana Holland, 1893
Earias paralella Lucas, 1898
Earias perhuegeli Holloway, 1977
Earias pudicana Staudinger, 1887
Earias punctaria Wileman, 1915
Earias richinii Berio, 1940
Earias rjabovi Filipjev, 1934
Earias roseifera Butler, 1881
Earias roseipes Filipjev, 1934
Earias roseoviridis Sugi, 1982
Earias ruficeps Warren, 1916
Earias rufopunctata Bethune-Baker, 1906
Earias subviridis Lucas, 1898
Earias syriacana Bartel, 1903
Earias syrticola Turati, 1926
Earias uniplaga Bethune-Baker, 1906
Earias vernana (Fabricius, 1793)
Earias venus Gaede, 1937
Earias venusta Warren, 1916
Earias virgula Viette, 1969
Earias viridangulata Mell, 1943
Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)
Earias waterstoni Wiltshire, 1947

References

^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Savela, Markku. "Earias Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Earias Hübner, 1825". Afromoths. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Earias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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