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Genus of moths

Ilema
Ilema kosemponica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Ilema
Moore,
Synonyms
  • Melia Walker, 1855 (Preocc.)
  • Cadrusia Moore, 1879
  • Malachitis Hampson, 1895
  • Neocifuna Inoue, 1982

Ilema is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Walker in 1855 and renamed by Moore in 1860, because Walker's chosen name was preoccupied.

Selected species

References

  1. Savela, Markku (January 8, 2019). "Ilema Moore, [1860]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Ilema​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Ilema Moore, 1860". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
Taxon identifiers
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