Idalus

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: Arctiini
Subtribus: Phaegopterina
Genus: Idalus
Species: I. admirabilis – I. affinis – I. agastus – I. agricus – I. albescens – I. albidior – I. albitornus – I. albicoxae – I. aleteria – I. aletis – I. bicolorella – I. bolivianus – I. borealis – I. brachystriata – I. carinosa – I. citrina – I. crinis – I. critheis – I. daga – I. dares – I. decisa – I. delicata – I. dilucida – I. dognini – I. dorsalis – I. erythronota – I. fasciipuncta – I. felderi – I. flavibrunnea – I. flavicostalis – I. herois – I. idalia – I. intermedia – I. iragorri – I. larissa – I. lineosus – I. lucaii – I. lucens – I. luteorosea – I. lutescens – I. maesi – I. metacrinis – I. monostidza – I. mossi – I. multicolor – I. nigropunctata – I. noiva – I. occidentalis – I. ochracea – I. ochreata – I. ortus – I. panamensis – I. paulae – I. perlineosa – I. pichesensis – I. quadratus – I. septentrionalis – I. sublineata – I. tenuifascia – I. tuisana – I. tumara – I. tybris – I. vitrea – I. vitreoides
Name

Idalus Walker, 1855

Type species: Phalaena admirabilis Cramer, [1777]
Synonyms

Empusa Hübner, 1819 (preoccupied by Empusa Illiger, 1798 (Mantodea)).

Female Idalus paulae, dorsal view

References
Additional references

Coenen, F. & Gibeaux, C. 2013. Description d'un Idalus Walker, 1855, nouveau de la Guyane française : Idalus albitornus n. sp., et figuration du type d'Idalus critheis Druce, 1884. Lambillionea 113(1): 81–88. Reference page.
Espinoza, B.A. ; D.H. Janzen ; W. Hallwachs & J.B. Sullivan, 2013: Description of a new species and subspecies of Idalus Walker from Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). Zookeys 264: 71–84. Abstract and full article: DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.264.4403
Laguerre, M. 2016. Revision of the complex of Idalus vitrea (Cramer, [1780]) and description of three new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiinii). Antenor 1(1): 3-10. Reference page.
Laguerre, M. 2016a. Sex pairing of three highly dimorphic Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebiidae) females in French Guyana and description of three new species from Brazil. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 4(21): 1‐26. Reference page.
Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2014. Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zoosystema 36(2): 137–533. DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1 Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Watson, A. 1971. An illustrated Catalog of the Neotropic Arctiinae type in the United States National Museum (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) Part 1. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 50: 1-361. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.50.1. Reference page.
Watson, A. 1975: A reclassification of the Arctiidae and Ctenuchidae formerly placed in the Thyretid genus Automolis Hübner (Lepidoptera) with notes on warning and coloration and sound. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Supplement 25: 1-104. Full article BHL. Reference page.

Idalus is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855.[1]
Species

Idalus admirabilis (Cramer, [1777])
Idalus affinis Rothschild, 1917
Idalus agastus Dyar, 1910
Idalus agricus Dyar, 1910
Idalus albescens (Rothschild, 1909)
Idalus albidior Rothschild, 1917
Idalus aleteria (Schaus, 1905)
Idalus aletis (Schaus, 1910)
Idalus bicolorella (Strand, 1919)
Idalus brachystriata (Dognin, 1912)
Idalus carinosa (Schaus, 1905)
Idalus citrina Druce, 1890
Idalus crinis Druce, 1884
Idalus critheis Druce, 1884
Idalus daga (Dognin, 1891)
Idalus dares Druce, 1894
Idalus decisa (Rothschild, 1917)
Idalus delicata Möschler, 1886
Idalus dilucida (Rothschild, 1910)
Idalus dognini (Rothschild, 1910)
Idalus dorsalis (Seitz, 1921)
Idalus erythronota (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853])
Idalus fasciipuncta (Rothschild, 1909)
Idalus felderi (Rothschild, 1909)
Idalus flavibrunnea Dognin, 1906
Idalus flavicostalis (Rothschild, 1935)
Idalus herois Schaus, 1889
Idalus idalia (Hampson, 1901)
Idalus intermedia (Rothschild, 1909)
Idalus iragorri (Dognin, 1902)
Idalus irrupta (Schaus, 1905)
Idalus lineosus Walker, 1869
Idalus lucens (Druce, 1901)
Idalus luteorosea (Rothschild, 1909)
Idalus lutescens Rothschild, 1909
Idalus maesi Laguerre, 2006
Idalus metacrinis (Rothschild, 1909)
Idalus monostidza (Hampson, 1916)
Idalus multicolor (Rothschild, 1909)
Idalus nigropunctata (Rothschild, 1909)
Idalus noiva (E. D. Jones, 1914)
Idalus ochracea (Rothschild, 1909)
Idalus ochreata (Schaus, 1905)
Idalus ortus Schaus, 1892
Idalus panamensis Schaus, 1921
Idalus paulae Espinoza, 2013
Idalus perlineosa (Rothschild, 1917)
Idalus pichesensis Dyar, 1898
Idalus quadratus Rothschild, 1933
Idalus sublineata (Rothschild, 1917)
Idalus tenuifascia (Dognin, 1911)
Idalus tuisana (Schaus, 1910)
Idalus tumara Schaus, 1921
Idalus tybris (Cramer, [1776])
Idalus veneta Dognin, 1901
Idalus vitrea (Cramer, [1780])
Idalus vitreoides (Rothschild, 1922)

References
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Savela, Markku. "Idalus Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 18, 2019.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.