Oberthueria (moth) explained

Oberthueria is a genus of moths of the Endromidae family. The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Oberthueriinae of the Bombycidae family.^[1]

Species

• Oberthueria caeca (Oberthür, 1880)
• Oberthueria falcigera (Butler, 1878)
• Oberthueria formosibia Matsumura, 1927
• Oberthueria jiatongae Zolotuhin & Xing Wang, 2013
• Oberthueria lunwan Zolotuhin & Xing Wang, 2013
• Oberthueria yandu Zolotuhin & Xing Wang, 2013

References

• Zolotuhin . V.V. . Wang . X. . 2013 . A taxonomic review of Oberthueria Kirby, 1892 (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae: Oberthuerinae) with description of three new species . Zootaxa . 3693 . 4. 465–478 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.4.3.

Notes and References

1. Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera) . 2010-09-30 . 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x . 36 . Systematic Entomology . 31–43. Zwick . Andreas . Regier . Jerome C. . Mitter . Charles . Cummings . Michael P. .