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Lithosia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Arctiidae

Higher classification
  
Lithosiina

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Lithosia quadra, Butterflies and moths, Arctiinae, Cybosia, Eilema

Lithosia is a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae. Species are cosmopolitan.

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Distribution

Palpi short and porrect. Antennae ciliated. Fore wing with shorter and broader cell. Vein 2 from beyond the middle. Vein 3 and 4 stalked, vein 5 absent, vein 6 from below angle or from angle or beyond it. Vein 9 rising from vein 10 and forming an areole or stalked with veins 7 and 8. Vein 11 free or anastomosing with vein 12. Hind wing with vein 3,4 and 6,7 stalked. Vein 5 absent and vein 8 from middle of cell.

Species

  • Lithosia quadra Linnaeus, 1758
  • Lithosia taishanica Daniel, 1954
  • Lithosia yuennanensis (Daniel, 1952)
  • Placement unclear

  • Lithosia amoyca Daniel, 1954
  • Lithosia atuntseica Daniel, 1954
  • Lithosia clarivenata Reich, 1937
  • Lithosia eburneola Turati, 1933
  • Lithosia gynaegrapha de Joan, 1930
  • Lithosia insolata Dannatt, 1929
  • Lithosia likiangica Daniel, 1954
  • Lithosia lungtanica Daniel, 1954
  • Lithosia szetchuana Sterneck, 1938
  • Lithosia tienmushanica Daniel, 1954
  • Former species

  • Lithosia atroradiata Walker, 1864
  • Lithosia chekiangica Daniel, 1954
  • Lithosia chrysargyrea Kiriakoff, 1963
  • Lithosia colonoides Kiriakoff, 1963
  • Lithosia formosicola Matsumura, 1927
  • Lithosia fukienica Daniel, 1954
  • Lithosia horishanella Matsumura, 1927
  • Lithosia hunanica Daniel, 1954
  • Lithosia innshanica Daniel, 1939
  • Lithosia karenkona Matsumura, 1930
  • Lithosia magnata Matsumura, 1927
  • Lithosia minima Daniel, 1954
  • Lithosia pavescens Daniel, 1954
  • Lithosia ranrunensis Matsumura, 1927
  • Lithosia postmaculosa Matsumura, 1927
  • Lithosia pseudocomplana Daniel, 1939
  • Lithosia ratonella Matsumura, 1927
  • Lithosia rhyparodactyla Kiriakoff, 1963
  • Lithosia saitonis Matsumura, 1927
  • Lithosia sakia Matsumura, 1927
  • Lithosia subcosteola Druce, 1899
  • Lithosia taiwanella Matsumura, 1927
  • Lithosia tomponis Matsumura, 1927
  • Lithosia uniformeola Daniel, 1954
  • Lithosia usuguronis Matsumura, 1927
  • References

    Lithosia Wikipedia