Laelia (moth)

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Tussock moth (Laelia sp.).jpg

| image_caption = Laelia sp. in Sri Lanka

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Laelia (moth)

| authority = Stephens, 1828

| synonyms =

  • Anthora Walker, 1855
  • Procodeca Walker, 1855
  • Charnidas Walker, 1855
  • Repena Walker, 1855
  • Ricine Walker, 1855
  • Odagra Walker, 1865
  • Baryaza Moore, 1879
  • Harapa Moore, 1879
  • Laelioides Moore, [1883]
  • Hondella Moore, [1883]
  • Laeliolina Hering, 1926

}}

Laelia is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Stephens in 1828. Species are well distributed throughout Europe, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java.

Description

They are nocturnal moths. Palpi long and porrect (extending forward) with heavily hairy second joint and long third joint. Antennae with long branches in males and short in females. Forewings are more produced than in species of the genus Aroa, where the wing membrane forms a slight concavity on the ventral side beyond the upper angle of cell. Neuration is similar.{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/5/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=1892 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}

Species

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References

{{Commons category|Laelia (Lymantriinae)}}

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  • {{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=15324.0 |title=Laelia Stephens, 1828 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=May 15, 2020}}
  • {{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/lymantriidae/laelia/ |title=Laelia Stephens, 1828 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=November 18, 2018}}

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Category:Lymantriinae

Category:Noctuoidea genera