The Lithosiina are a
subtribe
Subtribe is a taxonomic category ranking which is below the rank of tribe and above genus. The standard suffix for a subtribe is -ina (in animals) or -inae (in plants
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plant ...
of
lichen moth
The Lithosiini are a tribe of lichen moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was described by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820.
Systematics
The tribe was previously treated as a higher-level taxon, the subfamily Lithosiinae, within the lichen an ...
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 taxon was erected by
Gustaf Johan Billberg
Gustaf Johan Billberg (14 June 1772, Karlskrona – 26 November 1844, Stockholm) was a Swedish botanist, zoologist and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a lawyer and used science and biology as an avocation. The plant genu ...
in 1820.
Taxonomy
The subtribe used to be classified as the tribe Lithosiini of the subfamily
Lithosiinae
The Lithosiini are a tribe of lichen moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was described by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820.
Systematics
The tribe was previously treated as a higher-level taxon, the subfamily Lithosiinae, within the lichen an ...
of the family
Arctiidae
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
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Genera
The following genera are included in the subtribe.
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Aedoea''
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Agylla''
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Apaidia''
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Apistosia''
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Asiapistosia
''Asiapistosia'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.
Most species were previously placed in the genus ''Eilema
''Eilema'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Taxonomy
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Atolmis''
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Blaviodes''
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Brunia''
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Bucsekia
''Bucsekia'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.
Species
* ''Bucsekia mediumpilosa'' Bucsek, 2012
* ''Bucsekia yazakii
''Bucsekia'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.
Species
* ''Bucsekia mediumpilosa
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Calamidia''
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Capissa
''Capissa'' is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. It was previously treated as a synonym of '' Eilema''. Its only species, ''Capissa vagesa'', is found in the north-western Himalayas, Kashmir, Nepal and Upper Myanmar
Uppe ...
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Chrysorabdia''
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Chrysoscota''
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Collita
''Collita'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1878.
Most species were previously placed in the genus '' Eilema''.
Species
* '' Collita chinensis'' (Daniel, 1954) (eastern Asia)
* '' Collita ...
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Crambidia''
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Cybosia''
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Danielithosia
''Danielithosia'' is a genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and ...
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Denteilema
''Denteilema'' is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its only species, ''Denteilema unicolora'', is endemic to Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is ...
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Dolgoma
''Dolgoma'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1878.
Most species were previously placed in the genus '' Eilema''.
Species
* '' Dolgoma angulifera'' (Felder, 1868) (India, Thailand)
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Eilema
''Eilema'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Taxonomy
After a 2011 revision, all the species but one, ''E. caniola'', have been moved to other genera.
The genera formerly included in ...
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Euconosia''
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Gampola
Gampola ( si, ගම්පොල, ta, கம்பளை) is a town located in Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. Gampola was made the capital of the island by King Buwanekabahu IV, who ruled for four yea ...
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Gandhara
Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, more precisely in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of south-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Vall ...
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Gardinia''
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Ghoria
''Ghoria'' is a genus of 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 1 ...
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Gnamptonychia''
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Graphosia''
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Hesudra''
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Hyposhada''
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Inopsis''
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Katha''
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Lambula''
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Lambulodes''
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Lithosia''
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Macotasa''
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Macrobrochis''
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Mantala''
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Manulea''
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Microlithosia''
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Mithuna
Maithuna (Devanagari: मैथुन) is a Sanskrit term for sexual intercourse within Tantric sex, or alternatively to the specific lack of sexual fluids generated, while mithuna is a couple participating in such a ritual. It is the most import ...
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Monosyntaxis''
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Muscula''
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Neosyntaxis''
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Nishada
Nishada (') is a tribe mentioned in ancient Indian literature (such as the epic ''Mahabharata''). The ancient texts mention several kingdoms ruled by this tribe. In the Mahabharata, the Nishadas are described as hunters, fishermen, mountaineers o ...
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Oeonistis''
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Oeonosia''
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Palaeosia''
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Papuasyntaxis''
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Paraona''
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Pelosia''
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Planovalvata''
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Poliosia''
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Prabhasa''
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Pseudoscaptia''
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Scoliacma''
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Scoliosia''
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Semicalamidia''
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Sozusa''
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Striosia''
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Tarika''
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Teratopora''
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Teulisna''
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Thysanoptyx''
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Tigrioides''
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Tylanthes''
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Vamuna''
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Wittia''
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Zadadra''
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Zobida''
References
Lepidoptera subtribes
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