Aemilia (moth)

Aemilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Arctiini
Subtribe:	Phaegopterina
Genus:	Aemilia Kirby, 1892
Type species
Ameles rubriplaga Walker, 1855
Synonyms
Ameles Walker, 1855 (non Burmeister, 1838: preoccupied)

Aemilia is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. It was initially named Ameles, but this name properly refers to a praying mantis genus.^[1]

A group of species closely related to the Red-banded Aemilia ("A." ambigua) was formerly placed in the genus (though only uneasily so). The species has recently been moved to the revalidated genus Pseudohemihyalea.^[2]

Selected species

Species of Aemilia include:^[3]

• Aemilia affinis (Rothschild, 1909)
• Aemilia asignata Hampson, 1901
• Aemilia brunneipars Hampson, 1909
• Aemilia castanea Joicey & Talbot, 1916
• Aemilia crassa (Walker, [1865])
• Aemilia fanum (Druce, 1900)
• Aemilia melanchra Schaus, 1905
• Aemilia mincosa (Druce, 1906)
• Aemilia ockendeni (Rothschild, 1909)
• Aemilia pagana (Schaus, 1894)
• Aemilia peropaca (Seitz, 1920)
• Aemilia rubriplaga (Walker, 1855)
• Aemilia tabaconas (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
• Aemilia testudo Hampson, 1901

Footnotes

1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2004)
2. Schmidt (2009)
3. Wikispecies (2010-DEC-05), and see references in Savela (2004)

References

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Aemilia. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-DEC-25.
• Savela, Markku (2004): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Aemilia. Version of 2004-OCT-12. Retrieved 2011-DEC-25.
• Schmidt, B. Christian (2009): Revision of the "Aemilia" ambigua (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae). ZooKeys 9: 63-78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.149 PDF fulltext

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog