Cheliosea

Cheliosea is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae described by Watson in 1980. The moths in the genus are found in Australia.[1]

Cheliosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Cheliosea
Watson, 1980
Type species
Spilosoma cosmeta
Lower, 1907
Synonyms
  • Heliocaes Turner, 1940 (preocc. Bedel, 1906)

Species

Unknown status

  • Cheliosea xanthotypa, described as Heliocaes xanthotypa Turner, 1940 from northern Australia is a species inquirenda.
gollark: Nonsense. Who would do such a thing?
gollark: Why did I get a random friend request from `deepbluesea`?
gollark: They have nonexistent invisible wings.
gollark: Putting them in hatcheries myself is really quite boring, so if the viewbombers could do it *for* me it'd be great.
gollark: Can I send some eggs I want viewbombed, viewbombers?

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Cheliosea Watson, 1980". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 26, 2019.


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