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Mania (moth)

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Genus of moths

Mania
Mania sp., from the collection of Felix Stumpe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Thestius
Hübner, 1821
Synonyms
  • Nothus Billberg, 1820
  • Sematura Dalman, 1825
  • Manidia Westwood, 1879
Mania lunus, Costa Rica
Mania empedocles, Costa Rica
Mania aegisthus, Dominican Republic
Mania diana, Brazil

The genus Mania comprises a group of tropical and semi-tropical New World moths in the family Sematuridae. The genus has historically been referred to as either Nothus or Sematura, but both of these names are invalid (see below).

Taxonomy

The name Nothus is preoccupied by a genus of Coleoptera(Minet and Scoble, 1999). The genus name Sematura was also commonly in use for this genus, but it was younger (being published in 1825) than Hübner's name Mania from 1821; a petition to conserve the junior name was rejected by the ICZN in Opinion 2352 (2015), so Hübner's name is officially now the valid name for the genus.

Species

Biology

The larvae of Mania lunus were reared in Costa Rica in 2001 and are a bit similar to those of Coronidia, being well camouflaged but bearing small projections rather than long spines one the dorsal surface. Host plants recorded were Pentaclethra macroloba (Fabaceae) and Syzygium longifolium (Myrtaceae).

References

  1. "uio.mbl.edu". uio.mbl.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  2. tulane.edu
  3. Sematura luna
Taxon identifiers
Mania
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