Ilema Explained

Ilema is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Walker in 1855 and renamed by Moore in 1860, because Walker's chosen name was preoccupied.^{[1] [2]}

Selected species

• Ilema altichalana Holloway, 1999 Borneo
• Ilema baruna (Moore, 1859) Java, Sumatra, Borneo
• Ilema callima Collenette, 1932
• Ilema chalana (Moore, [1860]) Java, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
• Ilema chalanoides Schintlmeister, 1994
• Ilema chloroptera (Hampson, [1893]) north-eastern Himalayas
• Ilema coreana Matsumura, 1933
• Ilema costalis (Walker, 1855) Java
• Ilema costiplaga (Walker, 1862) Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
• Ilema eurydice (Butler, 1885) Japan, Korea, Amur, Askold, Tonkin
• Ilema jankowskii (Oberthür, 1884) Amur
• Ilema kosemponica (Strand, 1914)
• Ilema melanochlora Hampson, 1895
• Ilema montanata Holloway, 1982 Borneo, Sumatra
• Ilema nachiensis (Marumo, 1917)
• Ilema nigrofascia (Wileman, 1911)
• Ilema olivacea (Wileman, 1910)
• Ilema petrilineata (Bryk, 1935) Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
• Ilema preangerensis (Heylaerts, 1892) Java, Sumatra, Borneo
• Ilema vaneeckei (Collenette, 1932) Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
• Ilema virescens (Moore, 1879) Himalayas
• Ilema viridis Druce, 1899

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . January 8, 2019 . Ilema Moore, [1860] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . May 15, 2020.
2. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Ilema Moore, 1860 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . May 15, 2020.