Polia (moth)
Encyclopedia
Polia is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Polia adustaeoides Draeseke, 1928
- Polia albomixta Draudt, 1950
- Polia altaica (Lederer, 1853)
- Polia atrax Draudt, 1950
- Polia bombycinaPolia bombycinaThe Pale Shining Brown is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 43-52 mm. The moth flies from May to July depending on the location.The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants.-External links:***...
– Pale Shining Brown (Hufnagel, 1766) - Polia cherrug Rakosy & Wieser, 1997
- Polia conspicua (A. Bang-Haas 1912)
- Polia culta (Moore, 1881)
- Polia discalis (Grote, 1877)
- Polia enodata (Bang-Haas, 1912)
- Polia goliath (Oberthür, 1880)
- Polia griseifusa Draudt, 1950
- Polia hepaticaPolia hepaticaThe Silvery Arches is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in temperate Europe and Asia up to eastern Asia. It is not present in northernmost Fennoscandia and the southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece. It is also absent from Japan.The wingspan is 39-47 mm...
– Silvery Arches (Clerck, 1759) - Polia ignorata (Hreblay, 1996)
- Polia imbrifera (Guenée, 1852)
- Polia kalikotei (Varga, 1992)
- Polia lamuta (Hertz, 1903)
- Polia malchani (Draudt, 1934)
- Polia mortua (Staudinger, 1888)
- Polia nebulosaPolia nebulosaThe Grey Arches is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in temperate Europe and Asia up to eastern Asia and Japan. It is not present in northernmost Fennoscandia and the southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece. In the Alps it is found on heights up to 1,600 meters.The...
– Grey Arches (Hufnagel, 1766) - Polia nimbosa (Guenée, 1852)
- Polia nugatis (Smith, 1898)
- Polia piniae Buckett & Bauer, [1967]
- Polia praecipua (Staudinger, 1898)
- Polia propodea McCabe, 1980
- Polia purpurissata (Grote, 1864)
- Polia richardsoni (Curtis, 1835)
- Polia richardsoni richardsoni (Curtis, 1834)
- Polia richardsoni magna (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)
- Polia rogenhoferi (Möschler, 1870) (syn: Polia leomegra (Smith, 1908), Polia carbonifera (Hampson, 1908))
- Polia scotochlora Kollar, 1844
- Polia serratilinea Ochsenheimer, 1816
- Polia similissima Plante, 1982
- Polia sublimis (Draudt, 1950)
- Polia subviolacea (Leech, 1900)
- Polia tiefi Püngeler, 1914
- Polia vespertilio (Draudt, 1934)
- Polia vesperugo Eversmann, 1856
Former species
- Polia delecta is now Orthodes delecta Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
- Polia detracta is now Orthodes detracta (Walker, 1857)
- Polia vauorbicularis is now Orthodes vauorbicularis (Smith, 1902)