Pelosia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.

Pelosia
Pelosia muscerda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Lithosiina
Genus: Pelosia
Hübner, 1819[1]
Synonyms
  • Samera Wallengren, 1863
  • Paidina Staudinger, 1887

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References edit

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Pelosia Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  • Derra, Georg & Hermann Hacker, 1983: Pelosia hellenica sp. n. eine neue Lithosiidae art aus Griechenland (Lepidoptera: Lithosiidae). Entomofauna 4 (20): 253–260.
  • Okano, M., 1959: A systematic study of the Japanese Lithosiinae (Arctiidae) 2. Tyô to Ga 10 (2): 28–29. Full article: [1].
  • Witt, T.J. & L. Ronkay, 2011: Lymantriinae and Arctiinae - Including Phylogeny and Check List of the Quadrifid Noctuoidea of Europe. Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 13: 1–448.

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