''Dieida'' is a genus 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 of the family
Cossidae
The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are Lepidopter ...
. The genus was erected by
Embrik Strand
Embrik Strand (2 June 1876 – 3 November 1947) was an entomologist and arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula.
Life and career
Strand was born in Ål, Norway. He studied at t ...
in 1911.
Species
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Dieida ahngeri''
(Grum-Grshimailo, 1902)
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Dieida judith''
Yakovlev, 2008
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Dieida ledereri''
(Staudinger, 1871)
References
Cossinae
Cossidae genera
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