Hemihyalea

Hemihyalea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Hemihyalea; Hampson, 1901
Species:	H. cornea
Binomial name
	Hemihyalea cornea; (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853])
Synonyms
	Generic; Hemihyalae (lapsus); Specific; Phaegoptera cornea Herrich-Schäffer, [1853];

Hemihyalea is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1901. Its only species, Hemihyalea cornea, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.

Taxonomy

The type species, Hemihyalea cornea, has been proposed for inclusion in Amastus, and other species that were previously classified in Hemihyalea have consequently been moved to the re-established genus Pseudohemihyalea. It is unclear at present whether Hemihyalea is a valid genus at all, and if so, which species other than H. cornea it would contain.^[1]

Distribution

Hemihyalea cornea is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.

Footnotes

^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Schmidt (2009)

References

Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Hemihyalea Hampson, 1901". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved September 18, 2019. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
Schmidt, B. Christian (2009). "Revision of the "Aemilia" ambigua (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae)". ZooKeys. 9: 63-78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.149

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[1] Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Schmidt (2009)

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