''Helia '' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

. The genus was erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1818.

Species

* '' Helia agna'' (Druce, 1890) * '' Helia albibasalis'' (Schaus, 1914) * '' Helia argentipes'' (Walker, 1869) (syn: ''Helia digna'' (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874)) * '' Helia bilunulalis'' (Walker, 1865) (syn: ''Helia yrias'' (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874)) * '' Helia calligramma'' Hübner, 1818 (syn: ''Helia albirena'' (Walker, 1865), ''Helia amoena'' (Walker, 1865), ''Helia subnigra'' (Schaus, 1912)) * '' Helia carbonalis'' Guenée, 1854 * '' Helia celita'' (Schaus, 1912) * '' Helia compacta'' (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874) * '' Helia cymansis'' Hampson, 1924 * '' Helia dentata'' (Walker, 1865) * '' Helia erebea'' (Schaus, 1914) * '' Helia exsiccata'' (Walker, 1858) (syn: ''Helia aezica'' (Druce, 1890), ''Helia caliginosa'' (Walker, 1865)) * '' Helia extranea'' (Walker, 1865) (syn: ''Helia dives'' (Walker, 1865), ''Helia frontalis'' (Walker, 1865)) * '' Helia hermelina'' (Guenée, 1852) (syn: ''Helia anguinea'' (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874), ''Helia cruciata'' (Guenée, 1852), ''Helia diversa'' (Walker, 1865)) * '' Helia homopteridia'' (Schaus, 1912) * '' Helia lampetia'' Druce, 1890 * '' Helia mollealis'' (Walker, 1858) (syn: ''Helia discalis'' (Walker, 1862)) * '' Helia serralis'' Mabille, 1880 * '' Helia subjuga'' (Dognin, 1912) * '' Helia vitriluna'' (Guenée, 1852)

References

Omopterini Moth genera {{Omopterini-stub