Earias
| Earias | |
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| Earias biplaga | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Subfamily: | Eariadinae |
| Genus: | Earias Hübner, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Earias clorana (Linnaeus, 1761)
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Earias is a genus of moths in the monotypic subfamily Eariadinae of the family Nolidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Species are found throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, some being agricultural pests such as bollworms.
Description[]
Palpi upturned and second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint porrect (extending forward) and varying in length. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Forewings with veins 3 to 5 from near angle of cell, vein 6 from upper angle, and veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 stalked, vein 5 absent, veins 6 and 7 from upper angle and vein 8 from center of cell.[1]
Species[]
Some species of this genus are:
- Oberthür, 1917
- Wiltshire, 1961
- Tams, 1930
- Warren, 1916
- Berger, 1953
- Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
- Warren, 1916
- Earias clorana (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Earias chlorodes Meyrick, 1902
- Staudinger, [1892]
- Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
- Sugi, 1982
- Warnecke, 1940
- Earias fabia Stoll, 1971
- Earias flavida Felder, 1861
- Berio, 1956
- (Hampson, 1905)
- Berio, 1974
- Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Wiltshire, 1936
- Sugi, 1982
- Hampson, 1912
- Earias luteolaria Hampson, 1891
- Viette, 1969
- A. E. Prout, 1926
- Bethune-Baker, 1906
- (Strand, 1915)
- Holland, 1893
- Earias paralella Lucas, 1898
- Earias perhuegeli Holloway, 1977
- Staudinger, 1887
- Wileman, 1915
- Berio, 1940
- Filipjev, 1934
- Butler, 1881
- Filipjev, 1934
- Sugi, 1982
- Warren, 1916
- Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Lucas, 1898
- Bartel, 1903
- Turati, 1926
- Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Earias vernana (Fabricius, 1793)
- Gaede, 1937
- Warren, 1916
- Viette, 1969
- Mell, 1943
- Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)
- Wiltshire, 1947
References[]
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Savela, Markku. "Earias Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Earias Hübner, 1825". Afromoths. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Earias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
Categories:
- Nolidae
- Noctuoidea genera