Eilema intermixta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Lithosiina
Genus: Eilema
Species: Eilema intermixta
Name

Eilema intermixta Kühne, 2007

Type locality: Kenya, Western Prov., Kakamega Forest, near Rondo Retreat, 0.21,1N, 34.51E.

Holotype: MNHUB. male. Präp. 1/2004. 15.III.2002. leg. L. Kühne..
References

Kühne, L. 2007. Beschreibung neuer Flechtenbärenarten aus Afrika nebst taxonomischen Anmerkungen (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Esperiana, Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 3: 353–394. Abstract (PDF) Reference page.

Eilema intermixta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Lars Kühne in 2007. It is found in Kenya. The species formerly known as Katha intermixta in India and Sri Lanka are known to be the same species, but evidence of this is not documented.[1]
References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Lepidilema intermixta (Kühne, 2007)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 10, 2019.