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Laelia (moth)

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Laelia
Laelia coenosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Laelia
Stephens, 1828
Synonyms
  • Anthora Walker, 1855
  • Procodeca Walker, 1855
  • Charnidas Walker, 1855
  • Repena Walker, 1855
  • Ricine Walker, 1855
  • Odagra Walker, 1865
  • Baryaza Moore, 1879
  • Harapa Moore, 1879
  • Laelioides Moore, [1883]
  • Hondella Moore, [1883]
  • Laeliolina Hering, 1926

Laelia is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed throughout Europe, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java.

Description

They are nocturnal moths. Palpi long and porrect (extending forward) with heavily hairy second joint and long third joint. Antennae with long branches in males and short in females. Forewings are more produced than in Aroa, where the wing membrane forms a slight concavity on the ventral side beyond the upper angle of cell. Neuration is similar.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. Vol. I. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  • Lymantriidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
  • Laelia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms