Earias
Earias is a genus of moths in the monotypic subfamily Eariadinae of the family Nolidae. Species are found throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, some being agricultural pests such as bollworms.
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Earias biplaga | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Nolidae |
Subfamily: | Eariadinae |
Genus: | Earias Hübner, 1825 |
Type species | |
Earias clorana (Linnaeus, 1761) | |
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Description
Palpi upturned and second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint porrect (extending forward) and varying in length. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Forewings with veins 3 to 5 from near angle of cell, vein 6 from upper angle, and veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hindwings 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 fabia Stoll, 1971
- 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 vittella (Fabricius, 1794)
- Earias waterstoni Wiltshire, 1947
References
- Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Savela, Markku. "Earias Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Earias Hübner, 1825". Afromoths. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- 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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