Ephialtias

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Notodontidae
Subfamilia: Dioptinae
Tribus: Josiini
Genus: Ephialtias
abrupta species group

Species: E. abrupta – E. choba – E. consueta – E. dorsispilota – E. monilis – E. pseudena – E. velutinum
bryce species group

Species: E. bryce – E. draconis – E. tenuifascia
Name

Ephialtias Hübner, 1816

Type species: Hypocrita abrupta Hübner, 1806
Synonyms

Actea Walker, 1854. TS: Hipocrita monilis Hübner, 1811
Mitradaemon Butler, 1878. TS: Mitradaemon velutinum Butler, 1878
Retila Boisduval, 1870. TS: Hypocrita abrupta Hübner, 1806

References

Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 2: Josiini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 675–1022. Full article: [1]

Ephialtias is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae. It consists of the following species:

abrupta species group:
Ephialtias abrupta (Hübner, 1806)
Ephialtias choba (Druce, 1899)
Ephialtias consueta (Walker, 1854)
Ephialtias dorsispilota Warren, 1905
Ephialtias monilis (Hübner, 1806)
Ephialtias pseudena (Boisduval, 1870)
Ephialtias velutinum (Butler, 1878)
bryce species group:
Ephialtias bryce (Walker, 1854)
Ephialtias draconis (Druce, 1885)
Ephialtias tenuifascia (Prout, 1918)