Hylesia Explained

Hylesia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820.^[1]

Species

• Hylesia acuta Druce, 1886
• Hylesia aeneides (Druce, 1897)
• Hylesia alticola Lemaire, 1988
• Hylesia anchises Lemaire, 1988
• Hylesia andensis Lemaire, 1988
• Hylesia andrei Dognin, 1923
• Hylesia angulex Draudt, 1929
• Hylesia annulata Schaus, 1911
• Hylesia ascodex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia athlia Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia beneluzi Lemaire, 1988
• Hylesia bertrandi Lemaire, 1982
• Hylesia biolleya Schaus, 1927
• Hylesia bouvereti Dognin, 1889
• Hylesia canitia (Cramer, 1780)
• Hylesia cedomnibus Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia coex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia coinopus Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia colimatifex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia colombex Dognin, 1923
• Hylesia composita Dognin, 1912
• Hylesia continua (Walker, 1865)
• Hylesia corevia Schaus, 1900
• Hylesia cottica Schaus, 1932
• Hylesia cressida Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia dalina Schaus, 1911
• Hylesia daryae Decaens, Bonilla & Wolfe, 2003
• Hylesia discifex Draudt, 1929
• Hylesia dyarex Schaus, 1921
• Hylesia ebalus (Cramer, 1775)
• Hylesia egrex Draudt, 1929
• Hylesia extremex Naumann, Brosch & Wenczel, 2005
• Hylesia falcifera (Hübner, 1825)
• Hylesia fallaciosa Lemaire, 2002
• Hylesia frederici Lemaire, 1993
• Hylesia frigida Schaus, 1911
• Hylesia gamelioides Michener, 1952
• Hylesia gigantex Draudt, 1929
• Hylesia gyrex C. Brown, 1913
• Hylesia hamata Schaus, 1911
• Hylesia hawksi Lemaire, Wolfe & Monzon, 2001
• Hylesia haxairei Lemaire, 1988
• Hylesia hubbelli Lemaire, 1982
• Hylesia humilis Dognin, 1923
• Hylesia ileana Schaus, 1932
• Hylesia index Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia indurata Dyar, 1910
• Hylesia inficita (Walker, 1865)
• Hylesia invidiosa Dyar, 1914
• Hylesia iola C. Brown, 1913
• Hylesia leilex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia lineata Druce, 1886
• Hylesia maurex Draudt, 1929
• Hylesia medifex Dognin, 1916
• Hylesia melanops Lemaire, 2002
• Hylesia melanostigma (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1855)
• Hylesia metabus (Cramer, 1775)
• Hylesia metapyrrha (Walker, 1855)
• Hylesia moronensis Lemaire, 1976
• Hylesia mortifex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia munonia Schaus, 1927
• Hylesia murex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia mymex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia nanus (Walker, 1855)
• Hylesia natex Draudt, 1929
• Hylesia nigricans Berg, 1875
• Hylesia nigridorsata Dognin, 1912
• Hylesia nigripes Draudt, 1929
• Hylesia oblonga Lemaire, 2002
• Hylesia obtusa Dognin, 1923
• Hylesia olivenca Schaus, 1927
• Hylesia oratex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia orbifex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia oroyex Dognin, 1922
• Hylesia pallidex Dognin, 1923
• Hylesia paraguayensis Lemaire, 2002
• Hylesia paulex Dognin, 1922
• Hylesia pauper Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia pearsoni Lemaire, 2002
• Hylesia peigleri Lemaire, 2002
• Hylesia penai Lemaire, 1988
• Hylesia praeda Dognin, 1901
• Hylesia pseudomoronensis de Camargo, 2007
• Hylesia remex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia rex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia rosacea Schaus, 1911
• Hylesia roseata Dognin, 1914
• Hylesia rubrifrons Schaus, 1911
• Hylesia rufex Draudt, 1929
• Hylesia rufipes Schaus, 1911
• Hylesia santaelenensis Lemaire, 1988
• Hylesia schuessleri Strand, 1934
• Hylesia scortina Draudt, 1929
• Hylesia subaurea Schaus, 1900
• Hylesia subcana (Walker, 1855)
• Hylesia subcottica Lemaire, 2002
• Hylesia subfasciata Dognin, 1916
• Hylesia tapabex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia tapareba Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia teratex Draudt, 1929
• Hylesia terranea Schaus, 1906
• Hylesia terrosex Dognin, 1916
• Hylesia thaumex Draudt, 1929
• Hylesia tinturex Schaus, 1921
• Hylesia tiphys Dognin, 1916
• Hylesia travassosi Lemaire, 1988
• Hylesia umbrata Schaus, 1911
• Hylesia umbratula Dyar, 1915
• Hylesia valvex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia vassali Lemaire, 1988
• Hylesia venezuelensis Lemaire, 2002
• Hylesia vialactea Draudt, 1929
• Hylesia vindex Dyar, 1913
• Hylesia zonex Draudt, 1929

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rougerie . R. . Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists . amp . 2009 . Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World . https://web.archive.org/web/20100607153022/http://www.lepbarcoding.org/saturnidae/species_checklists.php . usurped . June 7, 2010 . Lepidoptera Barcode of Life: Saturniidae.