Earias

Earias
Earias biplaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Eariadinae
Genus: Earias
Hübner, 1825
Type species
*Earias clorana (Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
  • Aphusia Walker, 1858
  • Digba Walker, 1862
  • Earis Stephens, 1834
  • Sinciana Strand, 1915

Earias is a genus of moth in the monotypic subfamily Eariadinae of the family Nolidae. Species are found throughout European, Asian and Australian continents.

Description

Palpi upturned and second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint porrect and varying in length. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Fore wings with veins 3 to 5 from near angle of cell, vein 6 from upper angle, and veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 stalked, vein 5 absent, veins 6 and 7 from upper angle and vein 8 from center of cell.[1]

Species

Some species of this genus are:

  • Earias albovenosana Oberthür, 1917
  • Earias amseli Wiltshire, 1961
  • Earias ansorgei Tams, 1930
  • Earias apicebrunnea Warren, 1916
  • Earias becqueti Berger, 1953
  • Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
  • Earias brevipennis Warren, 1916
  • Earias clorana (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Earias chlorodes Meyrick, 1902
  • Earias chlorophyllana Staudinger, [1892]
  • Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
  • Earias dilatifemur Sugi, 1982
  • Earias divisa Warnecke, 1940
  • Earias flavida Felder, 1861
  • Earias gigas Berio, 1956
  • Earias glaucescens (Hampson, 1905)
  • Earias ikondae Berio, 1974
  • Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Earias irkana Wiltshire, 1936
  • Earias jezoensis Sugi, 1982
  • Earias latimargo Hampson, 1912
  • Earias luteolaria Hampson, 1891
  • Earias malagasy Viette, 1969
  • Earias mjoebergi Prout, 1926
  • Earias novoguineana Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Earias nubica (Strand, 1915)
  • Earias ogovana Holland, 1893
  • Earias paralella Lucas, 1898
  • Earias pudicana Staudinger, 1887
  • Earias punctaria Wileman, 1915
  • Earias richinii Berio, 1940
  • Earias rjabovi Filipjev, 1934
  • Earias roseifera Butler, 1881
  • Earias roseipes Filipjev, 1934
  • Earias roseoviridis Sugi, 1982
  • Earias ruficeps Warren, 1916
  • Earias rufopunctata Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Earias subviridis Lucas, 1898
  • Earias syriacana Bartel, 1903
  • Earias syrticola Turati, 1926
  • Earias uniplaga Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Earias vernana (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Earias venus Gaede, 1937
  • Earias venusta Warren, 1916
  • Earias virgula Viette, 1969
  • Earias viridangulata Mell, 1943
  • Earias vittela (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Earias waterstoni Wiltshire, 1947

References

  1. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  • Markku Savela's ftp.funet.fi
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2015. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (26-May-2015)
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Earias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.


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