Wittia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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].