Calliteara

Calliteara
	Calliteara pudibunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Orgyiini
Genus:	Calliteara; Butler, 1881
Synonyms
	Dasychira Hübner, [1806]; Axiologa Turner, 1904; Elkneria Börner, 1932; Macaronesia Bacallado & Gómez Bustillo & Vives, 1981;

Calliteara is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881.^[1]^[2]

Species

The pudibunda species group
- Calliteara argentata (Butler, 1881)
- Calliteara cerigoides (Walker, 1862)
- Calliteara grotei (Moore, 1859)
- Calliteara horsfieldii (Saunders, 1851)
- Calliteara pudibunda (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Calliteara zelotica (Collenette, 1932)
The strigata species group
- Calliteara strigata (Moore, 1879)
The varia species group
- Calliteara diplozona (Collenette, 1932)
- Calliteara lairdae (Holloway, 1976)
- Calliteara pseudolairdae Holloway, 1999
- Calliteara varia (Walker, 1855)
The angulata species group
- Calliteara angulata (Hampson, 1895)
- Calliteara aphrasta (Collenette, 1938)
- Calliteara argyroides (Collenette, 1932)
The minor species group
- Calliteara box Holloway, 1991
- Calliteara cox Schintlmeister, 1994
- Calliteara minor (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
The fidjiensis species group
- Calliteara fidjiensis (Mabille & Vuillot, 1890)
- Calliteara nandarivatu (Robinson, 1968)
Unknown species group
- Calliteara abietis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Calliteara angiana (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
- Calliteara apoblepta (Collenette, 1955)
- Calliteara arizana (Wileman, 1911)
- Calliteara axutha (Collenette, 1934)
- Calliteara baibarana (Matsumura, 1927)
- Calliteara brunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
- Calliteara cerebosa (Swinhoe, 1903)
- Calliteara cinctata (Moore, 1879)
- Calliteara complicata (Walker, 1865)
- Calliteara conjuncta (Wileman, 1911)
- Calliteara contexta Kishida, 1998
- Calliteara enneaphora (Collenette, 1955)
- Calliteara farenoides (Lucas, 1892)
- Calliteara flavobrunnea Robinson, 1969)
- Calliteara fortunata (Rogenhofer, 1891)
- Calliteara hesychima Collenette, 1955)
- Calliteara himalayana Kishida, 1994
- Calliteara kaszabi (Daniel, 1969)
- Calliteara katanga (Collenette, 1938)
- Calliteara kenricki (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
- Calliteara kikuchii (Matsumura, 1927)
- Calliteara lunulata (Butler, 1887)
- Calliteara melli (Collenette, 1934)
- Calliteara multilineata (Swinhoe, 1917)
- Calliteara polioleuca (Collenette, 1955)
- Calliteara postfusca (Swinhoe, 1895)
- Calliteara pseudabietis Butler, 1885
- Calliteara pura (Lucas, 1892)
- Calliteara saitonis (Matsumura, 1927)
- Calliteara solitaria (Staudinger, 1887)
- Calliteara subnigra (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
- Calliteara subnigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
- Calliteara taiwana (Wileman, 1910)
- Calliteara virginea (Oberthür, 1879)
- Calliteara wandammena (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
- Calliteara wolongensis (Chao, 1986)

References

^ Savela, Markku (January 8, 2019). "Calliteara Butler, 1881". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Calliteara". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved December 4, 2020.