Wittia

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: Wittia
Species: W. constansa – W. freinai – W. kailashi – W. klapperichi – W. neokailashi – W. sororcula – W. yazakii
Name

Wittia de Freina, 1980.

Type species: Bombyx aureola Hübner, [1803] (=sororcula Hufnagel, 1766). By subsequent designation by Moore, 1878.
Synonyms

Systropha Hübner, [1819] 1816 (preoccupied by Systropha Illiger 1806 Hymenoptera).
Strysopha Arora et Chaudhury, 1982 (replacement name for Systropha Hübner [1819] 1816)
Wittia de Freina, 1980 (replacement name for Systropha Hübner [1819] 1816)

References

Dubatolov, V.V., Kishida, Y. & Wang, M. 2012. New records of lichen-moths from the Nanling Mts., Guangdong, South China, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Tinea 22(1): 25–52. Full article (PDF).Reference page.
Dubatolov, V.V. & Zolotuhin, V.V., 2011: Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?. Euroasian Entomological Journal, 10 (3): 367–379. Full article: [1].

Wittia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.

Most species were previously placed in the genus Eilema.[1]
Species

Wittia klapperichi (Daniel, 1954)
Wittia sororcula (Hufnagel, 1766)
Wittia yazakii Dubatolov, Kishida & M. Wang, 2012

References

Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.

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Dubatolov, Vladimir V.; Kishida, Yasunori & Wang, Min (May 2012). "New records of lichen-moths from the Nanling Mts., Guangdong, South China, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)" (PDF). Tinea. 22 (1): 25–52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-09.