Lithosia

Lithosia
	Lithosia quadra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Lithosiina
Genus:	Lithosia; Fabricius, 1798[1]
Synonyms
	Lithosis Billberg, 1820; Lichenia Sodoffsky, 1837;

Lithosia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. Species are cosmopolitan.

Description

Palpi short and porrect (extending forward). Antennae ciliated. Forewing with shorter and broader cell. Vein 2 from beyond the middle. Vein 3 and 4 stalked, vein 5 absent, vein 6 from below angle or from angle or beyond it. Vein 9 rising from vein 10 and forming an areole or stalked with veins 7 and 8. Vein 11 free or anastomosing (fused) with vein 12. Hindwing with vein 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked. Vein 5 absent and vein 8 from middle of cell.[2]

Species

Lithosia quadra Linnaeus, 1758
Lithosia taishanica Daniel, 1954
Lithosia yuennanensis (Daniel, 1952)

Placement unclear

Lithosia amoyca Daniel, 1954
Lithosia atuntseica Daniel, 1954
Lithosia clarivenata Reich, 1937
Lithosia eburneola Turati, 1933
Lithosia gynaegrapha de Joannis, 1930
Lithosia insolata Dannatt, 1929
Lithosia likiangica Daniel, 1954
Lithosia lungtanica Daniel, 1954
Lithosia szetchuana Sterneck, 1938
Lithosia tienmushanica Daniel, 1954

Former species

Lithosia atroradiata Walker, 1864
Lithosia chekiangica Daniel, 1954
Lithosia chrysargyrea Kiriakoff, 1963
Lithosia colonoides Kiriakoff, 1963
Lithosia formosicola Matsumura, 1927
Lithosia fukienica Daniel, 1954
Lithosia horishanella Matsumura, 1927
Lithosia hunanica Daniel, 1954
Lithosia innshanica Daniel, 1939
Lithosia karenkona Matsumura, 1930
Lithosia magnata Matsumura, 1927
Lithosia minima Daniel, 1954
Lithosia pavescens Daniel, 1954
Lithosia ranrunensis Matsumura, 1927
Lithosia postmaculosa Matsumura, 1927
Lithosia pseudocomplana Daniel, 1939
Lithosia ratonella Matsumura, 1927
Lithosia rhyparodactyla Kiriakoff, 1963
Lithosia saitonis Matsumura, 1927
Lithosia sakia Matsumura, 1927
Lithosia subcosteola Druce, 1899
Lithosia taiwanella Matsumura, 1927
Lithosia tomponis Matsumura, 1927
Lithosia uniformeola Daniel, 1954
Lithosia usuguronis Matsumura, 1927

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References

Savela, Markku. "Lithosia Fabricius, 1798". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Lithosia Fabricius, 1798". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 7, 2018.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.