Ilema

Ilema is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Walker in 1855 and renamed by Moore in 1860, because Walker's chosen name was preoccupied.[1][2][3]

Ilema
Ilema kosemponica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Ilema
Moore, [1860]
Synonyms
  • Melia Walker, 1855 (Preocc.)
  • Cadrusia Moore, 1879
  • Malachitis Hampson, 1895
  • Neocifuna Inoue, 1982

Selected species
  • Ilema altichalana Holloway, 1999 Borneo
  • Ilema baruna (Moore, 1859) Java, Sumatra, Borneo
  • Ilema callima Collenette, 1932
  • Ilema chalana (Moore, [1860]) Java, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
  • Ilema chalanoides Schintlmeister, 1994
  • Ilema chloroptera (Hampson, [1893]) north-eastern Himalayas
  • Ilema coreana Matsumura, 1933
  • Ilema costalis (Walker, 1855) Java
  • Ilema costiplaga (Walker, 1862) Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
  • Ilema eurydice (Butler, 1885) Japan, Korea, Amur, Askold, Tonkin
  • Ilema jankowskii (Oberthür, 1884) Amur
  • Ilema kosemponica (Strand, 1914)
  • Ilema melanochlora Hampson, 1895
  • Ilema montanata Holloway, 1982 Borneo, Sumatra
  • Ilema nachiensis (Marumo, 1917)
  • Ilema nigrofascia (Wileman, 1911)
  • Ilema olivacea (Wileman, 1910)
  • Ilema petrilineata (Bryk, 1935) Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
  • Ilema preangerensis (Heylaerts, 1892) Java, Sumatra, Borneo
  • Ilema vaneeckei (Collenette, 1932) Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
  • Ilema virescens (Moore, 1879) Himalayas
  • Ilema viridis Druce, 1899

References
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  1. Savela, Markku (January 8, 2019). "Ilema Moore, [1860]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ilema​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Ilema Moore, 1860". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved May 15, 2020.


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