Spilaethalida

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: Spilosomina
Genus: Spilaethalida
Species: S. erythrastis – S. turbida
Name

Spilaethalida Dubatolov, de Vos & Daawia, 2007

Type-species: Spilarctia turbida Butler, 1882
References

Dubatolov, V.V., de Vos, R. & Daawia, D. 2007: Spilaethalida, a new genus for the New Guinean and Australian Spilarctia turbida complex (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Euroasian Entomological Journal 6(3): 324–326, 342, colour plate VII, fig. 1-6. Full article:[1].

Spilaethalida is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from New Guinea and Northern Australia. One undescribed species occurs in Sulawesi.
Species

Spilaethalida turbida (Butler, 1882)
Spilaethalida erythrastis (Meyrick, 1886)

References

Dubatolov, V.V., de Vos, R. & Daawia, D., 2007: Spilaethalida, a new genus for the New Guinean and Australian Spilarctia turbida complex (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Euroasian Entomological Journal 6 (3): 324-326, 342, color plate VII, fig. 1-6.
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog