Fossia is a genus in the moth family Erebidae. There are about five described species in Fossia, widespread in the Himalayan region, western and southern China, and Indochina.[1][2]
| Fossia | |
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| Fossia bachma, Vietnam | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Lithosiini |
| Genus: | Fossia Volynkin, Ivanova & Huang, 2019 |
Species
editThese five species belong to the genus Fossia:
- Fossia bachma (Volynkin & Černý, 2018)
- Fossia elongata (Černý, 2016)
- Fossia melanandra (Černý & Pinratana, 2009)
- Fossia punicea (Moore, 1878)
- Fossia sirikitae (Volynkin & Černý, 2018)
References
edit- ^ "Fossia Volynkin, Ivanova & Huang, 2019". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ Volynkin, Anton V.; Huang, Si-Yao; Ivanova, Maria S. (2019). "An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 26. doi:10.37828/em.2019.26.3.
External links
edit- Citizen science observations for Fossia at iNaturalist
Media related to Fossia at Wikimedia Commons
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