Hemihyalea is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1901. Its only species, Hemihyalea cornea, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.
Hemihyalea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Hemihyalea Hampson, 1901 |
Species: | H. cornea
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Binomial name | |
Hemihyalea cornea (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853])
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Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy
editThe type species, Hemihyalea cornea, has been proposed for inclusion in Amastus, and other species that were previously classified in Hemihyalea have consequently been moved to the re-established genus Pseudohemihyalea. It is unclear at present whether Hemihyalea is a valid genus at all, and if so, which species other than H. cornea it would contain.[1]
Distribution
editHemihyalea cornea is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.
Footnotes
edit- ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Schmidt (2009)
References
edit- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Hemihyalea Hampson, 1901". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- Schmidt, B. Christian (2009). "Revision of the "Aemilia" ambigua (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae)". ZooKeys. 9: 63–78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.149