Exilisia
genus of insects
Exilisia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1958.
Species
Exilisia andriai Toulgoët, 1955
Exilisia bijuga Mabille, 1899
Exilisia bilineata Toulgoët, 1954
Exilisia bipuncta Hampson, 1900
Exilisia butleri Toulgoët, 1958
Exilisia contrasta Kühne, 2007
Exilisia costimacula Toulgoët, 1958
Exilisia disticha (Hampson, 1914)
Exilisia falcata Toulgoët, 1954
Exilisia flavicapilla Toulgoët, 1954
Exilisia flavicincta Toulgoët, 1965
Exilisia fletcheri Toulgoët, 1956
Exilisia friederikeae Kühne, 2007
Exilisia gablerinus Kühne, 2008
Exilisia insularis Toulgoët, 1972
Exilisia kruegeri Kühne, 2007
Exilisia leighi Toulgoët, 1956
Exilisia lichenaria Toulgoët, 1954
Exilisia mabillei Toulgoët, 1958
Exilisia marmorea Butler, 1882
Exilisia mnigrum Mabille, 1899
Exilisia nebulosa Toulgoët, 1958
Exilisia obliterata Toulgoët, 1958
Exilisia ocularis Toulgoët, 1953
Exilisia olivascens Toulgoët, 1954
Exilisia parvula Butler, 1882
Exilisia perlucida Toulgoët, 1954
Exilisia placida Butler, 1882
Exilisia pluripunctata Mabille, 1900
Exilisia prominentia Kühne, 2007
Exilisia pseudomarmorea Toulgoët, 1958
Exilisia pseudoplacida Toulgoët, 1958
Exilisia punctata Hampson, 1900
Exilisia quadripunctata Toulgoët, 1956
Exilisia rufescens Toulgoët, 1958
Exilisia subfusca Freyer, 1912
Exilisia tripuncta (Kiriakoff, 1958)
Exilisia variegata Toulgoët, 1972
Exilisia viettei Toulgoët, 1958
References
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Exilisia Toulgoët, 1958". Afromoths. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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