Calliteara

Calliteara
Calliteara pudibunda
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Calliteara
Butler, 1881
Synonyms
  • Dasychira Hübner, [1806]
  • Axiologa Turner, 1904
  • Elkneria Börner, 1932
  • Macaronesia Bacallado & Gómez Bustillo & Vives, 1981

Calliteara is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881.

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