Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Family
Erebidae
Subfamily
Lymantriinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Genus
Ilema Moore in Horsefield & Moore, [1860] 1858–59
Type Species
Melia costalis Walker, 1855
= Cadrusia Moore, in Hewitson & Moore, 1879: 54 (TS: Cadrusia virescens Moore, in Hewitson & Moore, 1879: 54)
= Malachitis Hampson, 1895: 291 (TS: Malachitis melanochlora Hampson, 1895: 291)
= Melia Walker, 1855: 808 (TS: Melia costalis Walker, 1855: 808). Melia Walker is a junior homonym of Melia Bose, 1813: 233 (Crustacea). The objective replacement name is Ilema.
= Neocifuna Inoue, 1982: 630 (TS: Porthetria eurydice Butler, 1885: 118)
Species/Subspecies
Ilema chloroptera Hampson, 1892 (Dasychira)
Type Locality
Khasi Hills
Distribution
Specific Records
NE Himalaya
States/Union Territories
Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, West Bengal
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Indian Himalaya, North East
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