Teia (moth) explained

Teia is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.^[1]

Some authors have treated this name as a synonym of Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1810(e.g.^[2]), but molecular analyses suggest that it is a distinct lineage.

Species

• Teia anartoides Walker, 1855 (type species)
• Teia athlophora (Turner, 1921)
• Teia parallela (Gaede, 1932)
• Teia sarramea (Holloway, 1979)

Notes and References

1. Wang, H. et al. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions". Cladistics. 31 (6): 579-592
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . August 23, 2020 . Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1810 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . December 9, 2020.