Herculia (moth)

Herculia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Tribe:	Pyralini
Genus:	Herculia; Walker, 1859
Synonyms
	Bejuda Walker, [1866]; Bleone Ragonot, 1890; Buzala Walker, 1863; Cisse Walker, 1863; Herculea (lapsus)

Herculia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. The genus is mostly treated as a synonym of Hypsopygia. If considered valid, some species previously placed here are now in Dolichomia and Ocrasa, which in turn are also mostly merged in Hypsopygia. O. fulvocilialis is sometimes^[1] still placed in the present genus.

Species[]

Species include:^{[verification needed]}^[1]^[2]

Herculia decoloralis (Lederer, 1863)
Herculia incarnatalis (Zeller, 1847)
Herculia pernigralis (Ragonot, 1891)
Herculia rubidalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Herculia tabidalis (Warren, 1891)
Herculia nigrivitta (Walker, 1863)

Footnotes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c See references in Savela (2009)
^ Myers, P.; R. Espinosa; C. S. Parr; T. Jones; G. S. Hammond & T. A. Dewey. "Herculia". The Animal Diversity Web.

References[]

Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Herculia. Version of 2009-APR-08. Retrieved 2010-APR-12.

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[savela2009-1] See references in Savela (2009)

[2] Myers, P.; R. Espinosa; C. S. Parr; T. Jones; G. S. Hammond & T. A. Dewey. "Herculia". The Animal Diversity Web.

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