Genus Eilema Hübner, [1819]

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• Eilema Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [165].

  Type species:

   Bombyx caniola Hübner, [1808] by subsequent designation, see Moore, F. 1878. A revision of certain genera of European and Asiatic Lithosiidae, with characters of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 3-37, 3 pls [17] (Europe).
• Systropha Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [166].

  Type species:

   Bombyx aureola Hübner, [1803] by subsequent designation, see Moore, F. 1878. A revision of certain genera of European and Asiatic Lithosiidae, with characters of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 3-37, 3 pls [18] (Europe).
• Piesta Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg. Stockholm : Typis Gadelianis 4 unnumbered + 138 pp. [In Latin] [91].

  Type species:

   Haemilis pastinacella Duponchel, 1838 by subsequent designation, see Walsingham, Lord 1907. Microlepidoptera of Tenerife. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1907: 911-1034 [958] (France).
• Hilema Agassiz, J.L.R. 1847. Nomenclatoris Zoologici. Index universalis continens nomina systematica generum Animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntor, anno editionis, etymologia, et familis, ad quas pertinent, in variis classibus. (Lepidoptera) Fasc. 9–10 [1846], (Index universal) Fasc. 12 [1847] 181 pp. [publication date: Cowan, C.F. 1970. Annotationes Rhopalocerologicae 1970. Berkhamsted, Great Britain : Clunbury Press 70 pp. [14]] [135, 182] [emendation; unjustified].
• Manulea Wallengren, H.D.J. 1863. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 7: 137-151 [145, 146] [Germany].

  Type species:

   Lithosia gilveola Ochsenheimer, 1810 by subsequent designation, see Moore, F. 1878. A revision of certain genera of European and Asiatic Lithosiidae, with characters of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 3-37, 3 pls [18].
• Collita Moore, F. 1878. A revision of certain genera of European and Asiatic Lithosiidae, with characters of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 3-37, 3 pls [16].

  Type species:

   Bombyx griseola Hübner, [1803] by original designation (Europe).
• Ilema Hampson, G.F. 1900. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 xx 589 pp. [130] [emendation; unjustified].
• Lophilema Aurivillius, P.O.C. 1910. Lepidoptera. 2(9): pp.1-56 in Sjöstedt, B.Y. (ed.). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Östafrikas 1905–1906. Stockholm : P. Palmqvist Vol. 2(9). [25].

  Type species:

   Lophilema sordida Aurivillius, 1910 by monotypy (Tanzania).
• Manulca Turner, A.J. 1940. A revision of the Australian Arctiidae (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 51: 51-131 [68] [subsequent misspelling].
• Colinia Agenjo, R. 1977. Sección de capturas, IX. Graellsia 32: 15 [15] [junior homonym; Colinia Cossman, 1906, Colinia Nuttall, 1832].

  Type species:

   Lithosia lurideola Zincken, 1817 by original designation.

Introduction

Edwards (1996: 282) noted that Eilema Hübner, [1819] was the genus used for these species by Turner (1940). They were not dealt with by Birket-Smith (1965) and probably do not belong in Eilema Hübner. They are retained here until the Asian and Australian species in this and related genera are thoroughly revised. Holloway (2001) tentatively included Aedoea Turner, 1899 as a junior subjective synonym, but it has been retained here as a separate genus (q.v.).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

General References

Birket-Smith, J. 1965. A revision of the West African eilemic moths, based on the male genitalia. (Lep, Arctidae, Lithosinae; incl. gena. Crocosia, Eilema, Lithosia, Pelosia, Phryganopsis a. o.). Papers from the Faculty of Science Haile Sellassie I University (C) Zoology 1: 1-161

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Arctiidae. pp.278-286 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM.

Holloway, J.D. 2001. The Moths of Borneo: Family Arctiidae, subfamily Lithosiinae. Malayan Nature Journal 55(3, 4): 279-486, figs11-461, pls 1-8

Turner, A.J. 1940. A revision of the Australian Arctiidae (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 51: 51-131

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