''Archilema'' 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
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 subfamily
Arctiinae
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
. The genus was erected by Sven Jorgen R. Birket-Smith in 1965.
Species
* ''
Archilema cinderella''
(Kiriakoff, 1958)
* ''
Archilema dentata''
Kühne, 2007
* ''
Archilema modiolus''
(Kiriakoff, 1958)
* ''
Archilema nivea''
Kühne, 2007
* ''
Archilema subumbrata''
(Holland, 1893)
* ''
Archilema uelleburgensis''
(Strand, 1912)
* ''
Archilema vilis''
Birket-Smith, 1965
Former species
* ''
Archilema achrosis''
* ''
Archilema lucens''
Durante & Panzera, 2002 is now a synonym of ''
Pusiola poliosia''
(Kiriakoff, 1958)
References
*Kühne, L. (2007). ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie''. Memoir 3: 353–394.
Lithosiini
Moth genera
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