Calliteara

Calliteara is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881.[1][2][3]

Calliteara
Calliteara pudibunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Calliteara
Butler, 1881
Synonyms
  • Dasychira Hübner, [1806]
  • Axiologa Turner, 1904
  • Elkneria Börner, 1932
  • Macaronesia Bacallado & Gómez Bustillo & Vives, 1981

Species
Calliteara pudibunda - caterpillar
Calliteara diplozona
Calliteara taiwana
  • The pudipunda species group
  • The strigata species group
  • The varia species group
    • Calliteara diplozona (Collenette, 1932)
    • Calliteara lairdae (Holloway, 1976)
    • Calliteara pseudolairdae Holloway, 1999
    • Calliteara varia (Walker, 1855)
  • The angulata species group
    • Calliteara angulata (Hampson, 1895)
    • Calliteara aphrasta (Collenette, 1938)
    • Calliteara argyroides (Collenette, 1932)
  • The minor species group
    • Calliteara box Holloway, 1991
    • Calliteara cox Schintlmeister, 1994
    • Calliteara minor (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
  • The fidjiensis species group
  • Unknown species group
    • Calliteara abietis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
    • Calliteara angiana (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
    • Calliteara apoblepta (Collenette, 1955)
    • Calliteara arizana (Wileman, 1911)
    • Calliteara baibarana (Matsumura, 1927)
    • Calliteara brunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
    • Calliteara contexta Kishida, 1998
    • Calliteara enneaphora (Collenette, 1955)
    • Calliteara farenoides (Lucas, 1892)
    • Calliteara flavobrunnea (Robinson, 1969)
    • Calliteara fortunata (Rogenhofer, 1891)
    • Calliteara hesychima (Collenette, 1955)
    • Calliteara kaszabi (Daniel, 1969)
    • Calliteara katanga (Collenette, 1938)
    • Calliteara kenricki (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
    • Calliteara kikuchii (Matsumura, 1927)
    • Calliteara lunulata (Butler, 1887)
    • Calliteara multilineata (Swinhoe, 1917)
    • Calliteara polioleuca (Collenette, 1955)
    • Calliteara postfusca (Swinhoe, 1895)
    • Calliteara pura (Lucas, 1892)
    • Calliteara saitonis (Matsumura, 1927)
    • Calliteara subnigra (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
    • Calliteara subnigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
    • Calliteara taiwana (Wileman, 1910)
    • Calliteara wandammena (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
Names brought to synonymy

References
  1. Savela, Markku (January 8, 2019). "Calliteara Butler, 1881". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Calliteara". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Calliteara Butler, 1881". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved May 14, 2020.


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