''Eilema'' 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
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 1819.
Taxonomy
After a 2011 revision, all the species but one, ''E. caniola'', have been moved to other genera.
The genera formerly included in ''Eilema'' are:
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Asiapistosia
''Asiapistosia'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.
Species
* ''Asiapistosia subnigra'' (Leech, 1899)
* '' Asiapistosia stigma'' (C.L. Fang, 2000)
''Asiapistosia stigma'' was formerly place in genus ''Eilema
''Eilema'' is a ge ...
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Dubatolov & Kishida, 2012
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Capissa
''Capissa'' is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. It was previously treated as a synonym of ''Eilema''. Its only species, ''Capissa vagesa'', is found in the north-western Himalayas, Kashmir, Nepal and Upper Myanmar. Both the ge ...
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Moore, 1878
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Collita
''Collita'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1878.
Most species were previously placed in the genus ''Eilema''.
Species
* '' Collita chinensis'' (Daniel, 1954) (eastern Asia)
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Moore, 1878
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Dolgoma
''Dolgoma'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1878.
Most species were previously placed in the genus ''Eilema''.
Species
* ''Dolgoma angulifera'' (Felder, 1868) (India, Thailand)
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Moore, 1878
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Gandhara
Gandhara () was an ancient Indo-Aryan people, Indo-Aryan civilization in present-day northwest Pakistan and northeast Afghanistan. The core of the region of Gandhara was the Peshawar valley, Peshawar (Pushkalawati) and Swat valleys extending ...
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Moore, 1878
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Katha''
Moore, 1878
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Manulea''
Wallengren, 1863
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Muscula''
Koçak, 1991
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Prabhasa''
Moore, 1878
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Tarika''
Moore, 1878
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Wittia''
de Freina, 1980
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Zadadra
''Zadadra'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.
Most species were previously placed in the genus ''Eilema
''Eilema'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Taxonomy
After a ...
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Moore, 1878
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Zobida''
Birket-Smith, 1965
Species
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Eilema caniola
''Eilema caniola'', the hoary footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808.
Subspecies
*''Eilema caniola caniola''
*''Eilema caniola torstenii'' von Mentzer, 1980 (Spain ...
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Hübner, 1808
Former ''Eilema'' species
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Eilema aistleitneri''
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Eilema albescens''
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Eilema albicosta
''Eilema albicosta'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1894. It is found in Spain and on the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean ...
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Eilema albidella
''Eilema albidella'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Hervé de Toulgoët
Hervé de Toulgoët (28 March 1911 – 14 September 2009) was a French entomologist. He specialised in moths of the families Arctiinae (moth), Arct ...
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Eilema albidula
''Eilema albidula'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a ...
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Eilema albostriatum
''Eilema albostriatum'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Lars Kühne in 2010. It is found in Namibia and South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmo ...
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Eilema aldabrensis
''Eilema aldabrensis'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by George Hampson in 1914. It is found on Aldabra in the Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an is ...
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Eilema alluaudi
''Eilema alluaudi'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1968. It is found in Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madag ...
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Eilema amaura
''Eilema amaura'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Erich Martin Hering in 1932. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinsh ...
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Eilema amaurus
''Eilema amaurus'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It is found on the Admiralty Islands
The Admiralty Islands are an archipelago group of 40 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean. T ...
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Eilema angustipennis
''Eilema'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Taxonomy
After a 2011 revision, all the species but one, ''E. caniola'', have been moved to other genera.
The genera formerly included in ...
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Eilema angustula
''Eilema angustula'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1965. It is found on Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Mada ...
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Eilema arculifera''
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Eilema ardens''
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Eilema argentea''
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Eilema arizana
''Eilema arizana'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies betw ...
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Eilema arizona''
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Eilema aspersa''
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Eilema aspersoides''
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Eilema aurantioflava''
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Eilema aurantiotestacea''
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Eilema aurantisquamata''
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Eilema auriflua''
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Eilema aurora''
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Eilema barbata''
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Eilema basinota''
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Eilema bifasciata''
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Eilema bilati''
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Eilema bipartita''
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Eilema birkensmithi''
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Eilema bitincta''
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Eilema borbonica''
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Eilema brevivalva''
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Eilema brunnea''
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Eilema brunneotincta''
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Eilema bueana''
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Eilema caffrana''
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Eilema calamaria''
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Eilema caledonica''
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Eilema cana''
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Eilema carbunculosa''
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Eilema carnea''
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Eilema catalai''
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Eilema catenata''
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Eilema celsicola''
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Eilema chinchilla''
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Eilema chrysophlebs''
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Eilema cirrochroa''
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Eilema claudei''
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Eilema cohabitans''
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Eilema comma''
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Eilema comorensis''
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Eilema conisphora''
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Eilema conspicua''
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Eilema contempta''
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Eilema contorta''
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Eilema contradicta''
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Eilema costalba''
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Eilema costalboides''
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Eilema costimaculata''
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Eilema costipuncta''
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Eilema cramboides''
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Eilema crassicosta''
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Eilema creatoplaga''
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Eilema cretacea''
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Eilema cribroides''
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Eilema croceibasis''
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Eilema cuneata''
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Eilema curviplaga''
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Eilema danieli''
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Eilema debilissima''
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Eilema decaryi''
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Eilema degenerella''
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Eilema diliensis''
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Eilema discifera''
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Eilema distigma''
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Eilema distinguenda''
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Eilema dorsti''
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Eilema elegans''
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Eilema elophus''
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Eilema fasciata''
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Eilema fasciatella''
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Eilema fasciculosa''
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Eilema fibriata''
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Eilema fimbriata''
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Eilema flammea''
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Eilema flavibasis''
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Eilema flavicosta''
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Eilema fletcheri''
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Eilema flexistriata''
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Eilema formosa''
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Eilema formosicola''
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Eilema francki''
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Eilema fraterna''
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Eilema fulminans''
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Eilema fuscifrons''
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Eilema fuscipes''
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Eilema gainsfordi''
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Eilema gashorai''
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Eilema goniophora''
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Eilema goniophoroides
''Eilema'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae (moth), Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Taxonomy
After a 2011 revision, all the species but one, ''E. caniola'', have been moved to other genera.
The genera fo ...
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Eilema gracilipennis''
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Eilema griseoflava''
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Eilema griveaudi''
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Eilema heimi''
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Eilema heterogyna''
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Eilema homochroma''
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Eilema honei''
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Eilema hova''
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Eilema humbloti''
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Eilema hybrida''
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Eilema iluopsis''
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Eilema incertula''
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Eilema inconspicualis''
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Eilema inducta''
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Eilema infucata''
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Eilema inornata''
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Eilema insignis''
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Eilema instabilis''
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Eilema intermixta''
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Eilema interpositella''
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Eilema iuniformis''
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Eilema karenkona''
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Eilema khasiana''
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Eilema kingdoni''
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Eilema kuatunica''
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Eilema lachesis''
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Eilema lamprocraspis''
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Eilema laurenconi''
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Eilema leia''
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Eilema lemur''
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Eilema leopoldi''
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Eilema lepta''
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Eilema leucanicula''
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Eilema lividula''
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Eilema longpala''
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Eilema lutescens''
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Eilema mabillei''
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Eilema maculosa''
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Eilema margarita''
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Eilema marginata''
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Eilema marguerita''
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Eilema marioni''
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Eilema marwitziana''
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Eilema melanothorax''
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Eilema melasonea''
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Eilema mesosticta''
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Eilema minutissima''
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Eilema monochroma''
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Eilema nebra''
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Eilema nebuliferella''
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Eilema nebulosa''
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Eilema nicticans''
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Eilema nigripes''
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Eilema nigrociliata''
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Eilema nigrosparsa''
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Eilema niveata''
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Eilema nonagrioides''
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Eilema notifera''
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Eilema nubeculoides''
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Eilema ochroleuca''
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Eilema okiensis''
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Eilema pallidicosta''
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Eilema pauliani''
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Eilema paupercula''
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Eilema peperita''
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Eilema persephone''
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Eilema peyrierasi''
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Eilema phaeocraspis''
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Eilema phaeopera''
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Eilema phantasma''
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Eilema plana''
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Eilema plantei''
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Eilema polioplaga''
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Eilema prabhasana''
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Eilema proleuca''
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Eilema proleucodes''
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Eilema protuberans''
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Eilema pseudocretacea''
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Eilema pseudofasciata''
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Eilema pseudoluteola''
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Eilema pseudosimplex''
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Eilema pseudosoror''
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Eilema pulverea''
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Eilema pulvereola''
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Eilema pulverosa''
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Eilema punctifera''
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Eilema punctistriata''
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Eilema purpureotincta
''Eilema purpureotincta'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae (moth), Arctiinae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1954. It is found on Madagascar.
References
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Eilema, purpureotincta
Moths described in 1954
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Eilema pusilana''
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Eilema pustulata''
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Eilema quadrangula''
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Eilema quadrisignata''
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Eilema ranrunensis''
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Eilema ratonella''
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Eilema ratonis''
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Eilema recticosta''
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Eilema rubiginea''
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Eilema rubrescens''
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Eilema rufitincta''
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Eilema rufofasciata''
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Eilema sabulosula''
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Eilema saitonis''
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Eilema sakia''
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Eilema sandakana''
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Eilema sanguicosta''
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Eilema sarceola''
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Eilema semibrunnea''
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Eilema semperi''
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Eilema setiniformis''
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Eilema signata''
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Eilema similipuncta''
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Eilema simplex''
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Eilema simulatricula''
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Eilema sokotrensis''
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Eilema sordida
''Eilema sordida'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is found in Madagascar and Somalia
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continenta ...
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Eilema squalida''
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Eilema squamata''
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Eilema stevensii''
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Eilema strangulata''
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Eilema subcosteola''
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Eilema suspecta''
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Eilema taiwana''
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Eilema taiwanella''
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Eilema tardenota''
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Eilema tegudentata''
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Eilema terminalis''
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Eilema testaceoflava''
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Eilema tomponis''
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Eilema tonseana''
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Eilema transducta''
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Eilema trichopteroides''
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Eilema tricolor''
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Eilema tricolorana''
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Eilema trimacula''
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Eilema triplaiola''
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Eilema trispilota''
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Eilema tristis''
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Eilema umbrigera''
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Eilema umbripuncta''
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Eilema uniola''
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Eilema uniplaga''
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Eilema unipuncta''
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Eilema usuguronis''
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Eilema vanbraekeli''
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Eilema vicara''
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Eilema vicinula''
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Eilema viettei''
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Eilema violitincta''
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Eilema virgineola''
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Eilema voeltzkowi''
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Eilema xantholeuca''
References
*Ignatyev, N. N. & Witt, T. J. (2007)
"A review of ''Eilema'' Hübner, 1819 of Russia and adjacent territories. Part 1. The ''Eilema griseola'' (Hübner, 1803) species group (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)" ''Nota Lepidopterologica''. 30 (1): 25–43.
*Inoue, H. (1988)
"Three new species and some synonymic notes on the Arctiidae from Japan, Taiwan and Philippines" ''Tyô to Ga''. 39 (2): 99-118.
*Kühne, L. (2010) "Taxonomische Ergebnisse der bearbeitung der nachtfalterfauna des südlichen Afrikas (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea)". ''Esperiana''. Memoir 5: 433–456.
*Lafontaine, J. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ''ZooKeys''. 40: 1–239. .
*Witt, T. J. & Ronkay, L. (2011). "Lymantriinae and Arctiinae - Including Phylogeny and Check List of the Quadrifid Noctuoidea of Europe". ''Noctuidae Europaeae''. 13: 1–448.
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Lithosiina
Moth genera