Aemilia (moth)
Genus of moths
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Aemilia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892. It was initially named Ameles, but this name properly refers to a praying mantis genus.[1]
| Aemilia | |
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| Aemilia affinis.JPG | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Phaegopterina |
| Genus: | Aemilia Kirby, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Ameles rubriplaga Walker, 1855 | |
| Synonyms | |
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A group of species closely related to the red-banded aemilia ("A." ambigua) was formerly placed in the genus (though only uneasily so). The species has recently been moved to the revalidated genus Pseudohemihyalea.[2]
Selected species
Species of Aemilia include:[3]
- Aemilia affinis (Rothschild, 1909)
- Aemilia asignata Hampson, 1901
- Aemilia castanea Joicey & Talbot, 1916
- Aemilia crassa (Walker, [1865])
- Aemilia fanum (Druce, 1900)
- Aemilia melanchra Schaus, 1905
- Aemilia mincosa[4] (Druce, 1906)
- Aemilia ockendeni (Rothschild, 1909)
- Aemilia pagana (Schaus, 1894)
- Aemilia peropaca (Seitz, 1920)
- Aemilia rubriplaga (Walker, 1855)
- Aemilia tabaconas (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
- Aemilia testudo Hampson, 1901
