''Lithosarctia'' 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 ...
of
tiger moths 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 Franz Daniel in 1954. The moths in the genus are from western
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
and
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya ( ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than list of h ...
.
Species
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Lithosarctia hoenei''
Daniel, 1954
Subgenus ''Ocnogynodes'' Dubatolov, 1987
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Lithosarctia goergneri''
de Freina & Witt, 1994
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Lithosarctia kozlovi''
Dubatolov, 2002
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Lithosarctia thomasi
''Lithosarctia thomasi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1994. It is found in Tibet, China and Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlo ...
''
de Freina & Witt, 1994
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Lithosarctia y-albulum''
(Oberthür, 1886)
References
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Spilosomina
Moth genera
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