''Hemihyalea'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

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

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, ''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''. 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

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Footnotes

References

* *Schmidt, B. Christian (2009)
"Revision of the ''"Aemilia" ambigua'' (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae)"
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