''Spilaethalida'' is a genus of
moths in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a 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 underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
from
New Guinea and Northern
Australia
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. One undescribed species occurs in
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
.
Species
* ''
Spilaethalida turbida''
(Butler, 1882)
* ''
Spilaethalida erythrastis''
(Meyrick, 1886)
References
* , 2007: ''Spilaethalida'', a new genus for the New Guinean and Australian ''Spilarctia turbida'' complex (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). ''Euroasian Entomological Journal'' 6 (3): 324-326, 342, color plate VII, fig. 1-6.
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Spilosomina
Moths of Australia
Moth genera
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