Lithosia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. Species are cosmopolitan.
Description Palpi short and porrect (extending forward). Antennae ciliated. Forewing with shorter and broader cell. Vein 2 from beyond the middle. Vein 3 and 4 stalked, vein 5 absent, vein 6 from below angle or from angle or beyond it. Vein 9 rising from vein 10 and forming an areole or stalked with veins 7 and 8. Vein 11 free or anastomosing (fused) with vein 12. Hindwing with vein 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked. Vein 5 absent and vein 8 from middle of cell.
Species Lithosia quadra Linnaeus, 1758 Lithosia taishanica Daniel, 1954 Lithosia yuennanensis (Daniel, 1952)
Placement unclear Lithosia amoyca Daniel, 1954 Lithosia atuntseica Daniel, 1954 Lithosia clarivenata Reich, 1937 Lithosia eburneola Turati, 1933 Lithosia gynaegrapha de Joannis, 1930 Lithosia insolata Dannatt, 1929 Lithosia likiangica Daniel, 1954 Lithosia lungtanica Daniel, 1954 Lithosia szetchuana Sterneck, 1938 Lithosia tienmushanica Daniel, 1954
Former species Lithosia atroradiata Walker, 1864 Lithosia chekiangica Daniel, 1954 Lithosia chrysargyrea Kiriakoff, 1963 Lithosia colonoides Kiriakoff, 1963 Lithosia formosicola Matsumura, 1927 Lithosia fukienica Daniel, 1954 Lithosia horishanella Matsumura, 1927 Lithosia hunanica Daniel, 1954 Lithosia innshanica Daniel, 1939 Lithosia karenkona Matsumura, 1930 Lithosia magnata Matsumura, 1927 Lithosia minima Daniel, 1954 Lithosia pavescens Daniel, 1954 Lithosia ranrunensis Matsumura, 1927 Lithosia postmaculosa Matsumura, 1927 Lithosia pseudocomplana Daniel, 1939 Lithosia ratonella Matsumura, 1927 Lithosia rhyparodactyla Kiriakoff, 1963 Lithosia saitonis Matsumura, 1927 Lithosia sakia Matsumura, 1927 Lithosia subcosteola Druce, 1899 Lithosia taiwanella Matsumura, 1927 Lithosia tomponis Matsumura, 1927 Lithosia uniformeola Daniel, 1954 Lithosia usuguronis Matsumura, 1927
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