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Genus: Eilema
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Arctiidae > Subfamily: Lithosiinae
List from Vári et al. (2002).
Eilema achrosis
Eilema bifasciata
Eilema brunneotincta
Eilema caffrana
Eilema colon
Eilema creatoplaga
Eilema discifera
Eilema distigmata
Eilema elegans
Eilema flavibasis
Eilema goniophora
Eilema gracilipennis
Eilema leia
Eilema minutissima
Eilema monochroma
Eilema phaeopera
Eilema punctilineata
Eilema pustulata
Eilema sanguicosta
Larvae feed on lichens (NHM Hosts database).
Eilema sarceola
Eilema similipuncta
Eilema simulans
Eilema virgineola
VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.
