Biology:Teia (moth)

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Short description: Genus of moths

Teia
Teia anartoides.jpg
Teia anartoides
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Teia
Walker, 1855

Teia is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1]

Some authors have treated this name as a synonym of Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1810(e.g.[2]), but molecular analyses suggest that it is a distinct lineage.[1]

Species

  • Teia anartoides Walker, 1855
  • Teia athlophora (Turner, 1921)
  • Teia parallela (Gaede, 1932)
  • Teia sarramea (Holloway, 1979)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wang, H. et al. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions". Cladistics. 31 (6): 579-592 doi:10.1111/cla.12108
  2. Savela, Markku, ed (August 23, 2020). "Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1810". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/lymantriinae/orgyia/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18094925 entry