Aemilia (moth)

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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Aemilia
Kirby, 1892
Type species
Ameles rubriplaga
Walker, 1855

Ameles Walker, 1855 (non Burmeister, 1838[verification needed]: preoccupied)

Aemilia is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. It was initially named Ameles, but this name properly refers to a praying mantis genus.[1]

A group of species closely related to the Red-banded Aemilia ("A." ambigua) was formerly placed in the genus (though only uneasily so). The species has recently been moved to the revalidated genus Pseudohemihyalea.[2]

Selected species[edit]

Species of Aemilia include:[3]


  1. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2004)
  2. ^ Schmidt (2009)
  3. ^ Wikispecies (2010-DEC-05), and see references in Savela (2004)


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