Herculia (moth)

Herculia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Subfamily:	Pyralinae
Tribe:	Pyralini
Genus:	Herculia Walker, 1859
Synonyms^[1]
Bejuda Walker, [1866] Bleone Ragonot, 1890 Buzala Walker, 1863 Cisse Walker, 1863 Herculea (lapsus)

Herculia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. The genus is mostly treated as a synonym of Hypsopygia. If considered valid, some species previously placed here are now in Dolichomia and Ocrasa, which in turn are also mostly merged in Hypsopygia. O. fulvocilialis is sometimes^[1] still placed in the present genus.

Species

Species include:^[1]

Herculia decoloralis (Lederer, 1863)
Herculia incarnatalis (Zeller, 1847)
Herculia pernigralis (Ragonot, 1891)
Herculia rubidalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Herculia tabidalis (Warren, 1891)
Herculia nigrivitta (Walker, 1863)

Footnotes

1 2 3 See references in Savela (2009)

References

Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Herculia. Version of 2009-APR-08. Retrieved 2010-APR-12.

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