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Eilema

Macià, Ramon;Ylla, Josep;Gastón, Javier;Huertas, Manuel;Bau, Josep

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Eilema is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.

Species

Four-spotted Footman

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyErebidae
Observations11,687

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
45
With media
10
Family
Erebidae
Collections
USNM, MNHN
Recorded in
South Africa, Madagascar, Ethiopie

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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • Former ''Eilema'' species
  • References

Eilema is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.

==Taxonomy== After a 2011 revision, all the species but one, E. caniola, have been moved to other genera.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eilema” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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