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''Calliteara'' is a genus of
*The ''pudibunda''
tussock moth
The Lymantriinae (formerly called the Lymantriidae) are a subfamily of moths of the family Erebidae. The taxon was erected by George Hampson in 1893.
Many of its component species are referred to as "tussock moths" of one sort or another. The cat ...
s in the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler
Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders.
Biography
Arthur Gardiner Butl ...
in 1881.
Species
*The ''pudibunda'' species group
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...
**'' Calliteara argentata'' (Butler, 1881)
**'' Calliteara cerigoides'' (Walker, 1862)
**'' Calliteara grotei'' (Moore, 1859)
**'' Calliteara horsfieldii'' (Saunders, 1851)
**''Calliteara pudibunda
''Calliteara pudibunda'', the pale tussock, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The Dutch common name for the moth (''Meriansborstel'') comes from the butterfly and insect painter Maria Sibylla Merian. The species was first described by Carl Linna ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
**'' Calliteara zelotica'' (Collenette, 1932)
*The ''strigata'' species group
**'' Calliteara strigata'' (Moore, 1879)
*The ''varia'' species group
**'' Calliteara diplozona'' (Collenette, 1932)
**'' Calliteara lairdae'' (Holloway, 1976)
**'' Calliteara pseudolairdae'' Holloway, 1999
**'' Calliteara varia'' (Walker, 1855)
*The ''angulata'' species group
**'' Calliteara angulata'' (Hampson, 1895)
**'' Calliteara aphrasta'' (Collenette, 1938)
**'' Calliteara argyroides'' (Collenette, 1932)
*The ''minor'' species group
**'' Calliteara box'' Holloway, 1991
**'' Calliteara cox'' Schintlmeister, 1994
**'' Calliteara minor'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
*The ''fidjiensis'' species group
**'' Calliteara fidjiensis'' (Mabille & Vuillot, 1890)
**'' Calliteara nandarivatu'' (Robinson, 1968)
*Unknown species group
**'' Calliteara abietis'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
**'' Calliteara angiana'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
**'' Calliteara apoblepta'' (Collenette, 1955)
**'' Calliteara arizana'' (Wileman, 1911)
**'' Calliteara axutha'' (Collenette, 1934)
**'' Calliteara baibarana'' (Matsumura, 1927)
**'' Calliteara brunnea'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
**'' Calliteara cerebosa'' (Swinhoe, 1903)
**'' Calliteara cinctata'' (Moore, 1879)
**'' Calliteara complicata'' (Walker, 1865)
**'' Calliteara conjuncta'' (Wileman, 1911)
**'' Calliteara contexta'' Kishida, 1998
**'' Calliteara enneaphora'' (Collenette, 1955)
**'' Calliteara farenoides'' (Lucas, 1892)
**'' Calliteara flavobrunnea'' Robinson, 1969)
**'' Calliteara fortunata'' (Rogenhofer, 1891)
**'' Calliteara hesychima'' Collenette, 1955)
**'' Calliteara himalayana'' Kishida, 1994
**'' Calliteara kaszabi'' (Daniel, 1969)
**'' Calliteara katanga'' (Collenette, 1938)
**'' Calliteara kenricki'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
**'' Calliteara kikuchii'' (Matsumura, 1927)
**'' Calliteara lunulata'' (Butler, 1887)
**'' Calliteara melli'' (Collenette, 1934)
**'' Calliteara multilineata'' (Swinhoe, 1917)
**'' Calliteara polioleuca'' (Collenette, 1955)
**'' Calliteara postfusca'' (Swinhoe, 1895)
**'' Calliteara pseudabietis'' Butler, 1885
**'' Calliteara pura'' (Lucas, 1892)
**'' Calliteara saitonis'' (Matsumura, 1927)
**'' Calliteara solitaria'' (Staudinger, 1887)
**'' Calliteara subnigra'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
**'' Calliteara subnigropunctata'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
**'' Calliteara taiwana'' (Wileman, 1910)
**'' Calliteara virginea'' (Oberthür, 1879)
**'' Calliteara wandammena'' (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
**'' Calliteara wolongensis'' (Chao, 1986)
References
External links
* Lymantriinae Moth genera {{Noctuoidea-stub