''Tethea'' 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 belonging to the
family
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Drepanidae
The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies, which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a supe ...
and
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Thyatirinae
The Thyatirinae, or false owlet moths, are a subfamily of the moth family Drepanidae with about 200 species described. Until recently, most classifications treated this group as a separate family called Thyatiridae.
Taxonomy
References
*
* ...
. It was first described by
Ferdinand Ochsenheimer
Ferdinand Ochsenheimer (17 March 1767 – 2 November 1822) was a German actor and entomologist (lepidopterist).
Life
Ochsenheimer was born and brought up in Mainz (then in the Electorate of Mainz) and began to show an interest in butterflies ...
in 1816.
Species
*Subgenus ''Saronaga''
Moore, 1881
**''
Tethea albicosta''
(Moore, 1867)
**''
Tethea consimilis''
(Warren, 1912)
***''Tethea consimilis aurisigna''
(Bryk, 1943)
***''Tethea consimilis c-album''
(Matsumura, 1931)
***''Tethea consimilis commifera''
(Warren, 1912)
***''Tethea consimilis congener''
(Roepke, 1945)
**''
Tethea oberthueri''
(Houlbert, 1921)
*Subgenus ''Tethea''
**''
Tethea albicostata''
(Bremer, 1861)
**''
Tethea ampliata''
(Butler, 1878)
***''Tethea ampliata grandis''
Okano, 1959
***''Tethea ampliata shansiensis''
Werny, 1966
**''
Tethea fusca
''Tethea'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Drepanidae and subfamily Thyatirinae. It was first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer
Ferdinand Ochsenheimer (17 March 1767 – 2 November 1822) was a German actor and entomologist (l ...
''
Werny, 1966
**''
Tethea longisigna''
Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007
**''
Tethea octogesima''
(Butler, 1878)
***''Tethea octogesima watanabei''
(Matsumura, 1931)
**''
Tethea ocularis''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
**''
Tethea or
''Tethea or'', the poplar lutestring, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. The species can be found in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and Japan. The imago resembles '' T ...
''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
**''
Tethea punctorenalia''
Houlbert, 1921
**''
Tethea subampliata''
(Houlbert, 1921)
**''
Tethea trifolium''
(Alpheraky, 1895)
References
Thyatirinae
Drepanidae genera
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