Aemilia (moth)

Aemilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
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.

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.

Selected species

Species of Aemilia include:

• 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

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