''Hemihyalea'' is a monotypic moth genus 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'') ...

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 ''Amastus'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1855. Taxonomy The delimitation of ''Amastus'' versus ''Hemihyalea'' has long been problematic. It was recently de ...

'', and other species that were previously classified in ''Hemihyalea'' have consequently been moved to the re-established genus ''

Pseudohemihyalea ''Pseudohemihyalea'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Régo Barros in 1956. While the caterpillars of most species of ''Pseudohemihyalea'' feed on broad-leaved trees (e.g. oaks, ''Quercus''), the ''P. ambigua'' group ha ...

''. 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.Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Schmidt (2009)

Distribution

''Hemihyalea cornea'' is found in Mexico,

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, Panama,

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and Venezuela.

Footnotes

References

* *Schmidt, B. Christian (2009)
"Revision of the ''"Aemilia" ambigua'' (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae)"
'' ZooKeys''. 9: 63–78. Phaegopterina Moth genera {{Phaegopterina-stub