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Lithosia Fabricius, 1798

Lithosia Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 418, 459, TS: Phalaena quadra Linnaeus
Lithosis Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 91 (unjust. emend. of Lithosia Fabricius)
Lichenia Sodoffsky, 1837; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1837 (6): 85 (unnec. repl. for Lithosia Fabricius)
Lithosa ; Lewin, 1805, Nat. Hist. lepid. Insects N.S.W.: 16 (missp.)
Lithosia ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 130
Lithosia (Lithosianae) ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 220

Misidentified/misapplied:: Oenistis; auct. nec Hübner, 1819

Lithosia subcosteola Druce, 1899

C.China (Hunan). See [About maps] Lithosia subcosteola Druce, 1899; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4 (21) : 200, TL: C.China, Hunan
Lithosia subcosteola ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 220, pl. 24, f. 15

Lithosia quadra (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Asia Minor, Crimea, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Middle Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin, Kunashir, Dunbei, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Yunan, Korea, Japan, ?Sikkim. See [About maps] Isokeltasiipi Täpläsiipi Mittelwald-Flechtenbär Stahlmotte Würfelmotte Large Footman la Lithosie quadrille Négypettyes zuzmószövö Stor lavspinnare
Phalaena quadra Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 511, TL: Europe
Phalaena flava Müller, 1764; Fauna Ins. Fridr.: 46
Phalaena deplana Linnaeus, 1771; Mantissa Plant. 2: 539
quadrata Walckenaer, 1802
Oeonistis dives Butler, 1877; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 20 (119): 398, TL: Japan
fasciata Spuler, 1910
insolata Dannehl, 1929
pallida van Wisselingh, 1961
triangularis Lempke, 1961
Lithosia quadra, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Lithosia quadra, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Lithosia quadra, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Lithosia quadra, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Lithosia quadra, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Lithosia quadra ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 220, f. 140-141; [DubL]
Lithosia qadra ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 229

Larva on Lichenes, (on trunks, Quercus robur) [SPRK]

13.1.2006 (2)

References:

[About maps]: Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BCA]: electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BHL]: The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[DubL]: Dubatolov, Tshistjakov, Viidalepp, 1993; A list of the Lithosiinae of the territory of the former USSR (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae); Atalanta (Wurzburg), Band 24, Heft 1/2, p. 165-175; A web presentation of the list (with some corrections)
[Ian Kimber]: http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/
[Kimmo Silvonen]: Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site
[MBE]: Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[NORLEP]: Norges Sommerfugler
[SPRK]: Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14
[SVF]: Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

Some related literature:

Butler, 1877: Descriptions of new Species of Heterocera from Japan. (1). Sphinges and Bombyces Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 20 (119): 393-404, (120): 473-483
Druce, 1899: Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4 (21) : 200-205
de Freina, 1999: Beitrag zur systematischen Erfassung der Bombyces- und Sphinges-Fauna Kleinasiens, Weitere Kenntnisse über Artenspektrum, Systematik und Verbreitung der Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae und Cymatophoridae Atalanta 30 (1/4): 187-257
Godman & Salvin, 1885: Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
Hampson, 1900: Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosinae) in the collection of the British Museum Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : i-xx, 1-589, pl. 18-35
Lewin, 1805: A Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales, Collected, Engraved and Faithfully Painted after Nature Nat. Hist. lepid. Insects N.S.W.: 19pp, 18pls
Linnaeus, 1758: Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
Linnaeus, 1771: Mantissa Plantarum altera Generum editionis Vi & Specierum editionis II Mantissa Plant. 2: -,[iv], 142-510, + Regni Animalis Appendix 511-552
Müller, 1764: Fauna Insectorum Fridrichsdalina sive Methodica Descriptio Insectorum Agri Fridrichsdalensis cum Characteribus Genericis et Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Locis Natalibus, Iconibus Allegatis, Novsque Pluribus Speciebus Additis Fauna Ins. Fridr.: 96pp

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