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

Spilaethalida
Spilaethalida turbida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Spilaethalida
Dubatolov, de Vos et Daawia, 2007
Type species
Spilarctia meeki
Druce, 1899

Species

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References

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  • 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