Genus Calliteara Butler, 1881

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• Calliteara Butler, A.G. 1881. Descriptions of new genera and species of heterocerous Lepidoptera from Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1881: 1-23, 171-200, 401-426, 579-600 [12].

  Type species:

   Dasychira argentata Butler, 1881 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [470].
• Dicallomera Butler, A.G. 1881. Descriptions of new genera and species of heterocerous Lepidoptera from Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1881: 1-23, 171-200, 401-426, 579-600 [12].

  Type species:

   Phalaena fascelina Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation.
• Axiologa Turner, A.J. 1904. A classification of the Australian Lymantriidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3: 469-481 [477].

  Type species:

   Teara pura Lucas, 1892 by monotypy.
• Elkneria Börner, 1932.
• Macaronesia Bacallado, Gomez-Bustillo & Vives, 1981.

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