Lithosia

Lithosia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Lithosia
Fabricius, 1798[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithosis Billberg, 1820
  • Lichenia Sodoffsky, 1837

Lithosia is a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae. Species are cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Palpi short and porrect. Antennae ciliated. Fore wing 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 with vein 12. Hind wing with vein 3,4 and 6,7 stalked. Vein 5 absent and vein 8 from middle of cell.[2]

Species

Placement unclear

Former species

References

  1. Lithosia at funet
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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