Dubatolov, Vladimir V.;Zolotuhin, Vadim V.;Witt, Thomas J.
Lithosia
Sign in to saveLithosia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. Species are cosmopolitan.
Species
Four-spotted Footman
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyErebidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Erebidae
- Collections
- FMNH, USNM, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, India, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Australia, Ecuador, Peru
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Species
- Placement unclear
- Former species
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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.
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