Lithosia

Lithosia Fabricius, 1798

Lithosia Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 418, 459; TS: Phalaena quadra Linnaeus
Lithosis Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 91 (emend. Lithosia Fabricius)
- = Lithosia; [RFEL]
Lichenia Sodoffsky, 1837; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1837 (6): 85 (repl. Lithosia Fabricius)
- = Lithosia; Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016, Zootaxa 4107 (2): 176

Lichenia; [NHM-BMW]
Lithosa; Lewin, 1805, Nat. Hist. lepid. Insects N.S.W.: 16 (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Lithosia; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 130; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Lithosia (Lithosianae); Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 220
Lithosia (Lithosiina); Scott, Zaspel, Chialvo & Weller, 2014, Syst. Ent. 39: 288; [FE]; [RFEL]
Lithosia (Lithosiinae); Dubatolov, Tshistjakov & Viidalepp, 1993, Atalanta 24 (1/2): 169; Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016, Zootaxa 4107 (2): 176
Lithosia (Lithosiini); Singh, Singh & Joshi, 2014, Rec. Zool. Survey India. Occ. Pap 367: 39
Lithosis; [NHM-BMW]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Oenistis; auct. nec Hübner, 1819

Lithosia quadra (Linnaeus, 1758)

CEU, SEU, Asia Minor, Crimea, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Middle Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin, Kunashir, Dunbei, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Yunan, Korea, Japan, ?Sikkim. See [maps] Stahlmotte la Lithosie quadrille Négypettyes zuzmószövö Large Footman Stor lavspinnare Mittelwald-Flechtenbär Würfelmotte Isokeltasiipi Täpläsiipi

Phalaena quadra Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 511; TL: Europe
quadrata Walckenaer, 1802
Oeonistis quadra ♀ ab. confluens Dumont, 1903; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 72: 406
- = ; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 541
Oeonistis quadra ab. unipunctata Spuler, 1906; Schmett. Eur. 2: 148
f. luteomarginata (Lambillion, 1906) (Oeonistis); Cat. Lep. Belge: 370
Oeonistis quadra ab. fasciata Spuler, 1910; Schmett. Eur. 2: 148
Oeonistis quadra ab. obscura Schawerda, 1921; Zs. Öst. EntVer. 6: 2
Lithosia deplana f. violagrisescens Daniel, 1952; Nachr. Bl. bayer. Ent. 1: 2; TL: Bavaria
seminigra Dufay, 1954; Revue Fr. Lepid. 14: 250
f. pallida van Wisselingh, 1961; Ent. Ber. 21: 39
Lithosis quadra f. ♀ triangularis Lempke, 1961; Tijdschr. Ent. 104 (8): 117

Lithosia quadra damavendi; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Lithosia quadra; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 220, f. 140-141; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 541; Dubatolov, Tshistjakov & Viidalepp, 1993, Atalanta 24 (1/2): 169; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 229; Singh, Singh & Joshi, 2014, Rec. Zool. Survey India. Occ. Pap 367: 40; [FE]; Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016, Zootaxa 4107 (2): (175-196) ; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]
Oenistis[sic] quadra; Daniel, 1953, Bonn. zool. Beitr. 3 (3-4): 319
Oeonistis quadra; [SPRK]

892x489 (~72Kb) ♂ Russia, Moscow area, 12.7.2016 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov

L. q. quadra

Phalaena flava Müller, 1764; Fauna Ins. Fridr.: 46
- = ; Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016, Zootaxa 4107 (2): 177
Phalaena deplana Linnaeus, 1771; Mantissa Plant. 2: 539
- = Lithosia quadra; [RFEL]
- = ; Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016, Zootaxa 4107 (2): 177
Oeonistis quadra insolata Dannehl, 1929; Ent. Zs. 42 (24): 315
- = ; Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016, Zootaxa 4107 (2): 177

Lithosia insolata; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Lithosia quadra quadra; Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016, Zootaxa 4107 (2): 177; [CoL]

L. q. dives (Butler, 1877) E.Transbaikalia, Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin, Kuriles, NE.China, Korea, Japan

Oeonistis dives Butler, 1877; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 20 (119): 398; TL: Japan
- = Oenistis quadra; Daniel, 1953, Bonn. zool. Beitr. 3 (3-4): 319
- = Lithosia quadra; Dubatolov, Tshistjakov & Viidalepp, 1993, Atalanta 24 (1/2): 169; [RFEL]

Lithosia quadra dives; Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016, Zootaxa 4107 (2): 182; [CoL]

L. q. soligena Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016 N.Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan

Lithosia quadra soligena Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016; Zootaxa 4107 (2): 181; TL: N.Iran, Alborz Mts, Dirin, E from Gatchar, 2400-2600m

Lithosia quadra soligena; [CoL]

Lithosia yuennanensis (Daniel, 1953)

China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Beijing), Japan (Honshu). See [maps]

Oenistis[sic] quadra yuennanensis Daniel, 1953; Bonn. zool. Beitr. 3 (3-4): 320; TL: Likiang

Lithosia quadra yuennanensis; [LepIndex]
Lithosia yuennanensis; Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016, Zootaxa 4107 (2): 186; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Lithosia amoyca Daniel, 1954

S.China. See [maps]

Lithosia amoyca Daniel, 1954; Bonn. zool. Beitr. 5 (1-2): 110; TL: S.China, Amoy

Lithosia amoyca; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Lithosia atuntseica Daniel, 1954

China (Yunnan). See [maps]

Lithosia atuntseica Daniel, 1954; Bonn. zool. Beitr. 5 (1-2): 107; TL: N.Yunnan, A-tun-tse, 3500-4000m

Lithosia atuntseica; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Lithosia clarivenata Reich, 1937

China. See [maps]

clarivenata Reich, 1937; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 51: 123

Lithosia clarivenata; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Lithosia eburneola Turati, 1933

eburneola Turati, 1933; Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 72: 198; TL: Karakorum Mts

Lithosia eburneola; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Lithosia formosicola Matsumura, 1927 Formosa

Lithosia formosicola Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 63, pl. 5, f. 6 ♀; TL: Formosa, Horisha

Lithosia formosicola; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Lithosia karenkona Matsumura, 1930 Formosa

Lithosia karenkona Matsumura, 1930; Insecta Matsumurana, 5: 37; TL: Formosa, Karenko

Lithosia karenkona; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Lithosia likiangica Daniel, 1954

China (Yunnan). See [maps]

Lithosia likiangica Daniel, 1954; Bonn. zool. Beitr. 5 (1-2): 103, pl. 3, f. 66; TL: N.Yunnan, Li-Kiang

Lithosia likiangica; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Lithosia lungtanica Daniel, 1954

China (Kiangsu). See [maps]

Lithosia lungtanica Daniel, 1954; Bonn. zool. Beitr. 5 (1-2): 113; TL: Kiangsu, Lungtang nr Nankin

Lithosia lungtanica; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Lithosia minima Daniel, 1954

China (Yunnan). See [maps]

Lithosia minima Daniel, 1954; Bonn. zool. Beitr. 5 (1-2): 123; TL: N.Yunnan, A-tun-tse, 4000m

Lithosia minima; [LepIndex]

Lithosia postmaculosa Matsumura, 1927

Formosa, China (Chekiang, Kuangtung). See [maps]

Lithosia postmaculosa Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 66, pl. 5, f. 9 ♀; TL: Formosa, Baibara

Lithosia postmaculosa; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist]
Systropha postmaculosa; Daniel, 1954, Bonn. zool. Beitr. 5 (1-2): 130, pl. 3, f. 72

Lithosia ratonella Matsumura, 1927 Formosa

Lithosia ratonella Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 66, pl. 5, f. 12 ♂; TL: Formosa, Rato

Lithosia ratonella; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Lithosia ranrunensis Matsumura, 1927 Formosa

Lithosia ranrunensis Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 65, pl. 5, f. 8 ♂; TL: Formosa

Lithosia ranrunensis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Lithosia saitonis Matsumura, 1927 Formosa

Lithosia saitonis Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 64, pl. 4, f. 28 ♂; TL: Formosa, Baibara

Lithosia saitonis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Lithosia sakia Matsumura, 1927 Formosa

Lithosia sakia Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 65, pl. 5, f. 14 ♂; TL: Formosa, Tamaho

Lithosia sakia; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Lithosia subcosteola Druce, 1899

C.China (Fujian, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan), Taiwan. See [maps]

Lithosia subcosteola Druce, 1899; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4 (21): 200; TL: C.China, Hunan

Eilema subcosteola; Kishida, 1992; Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016, Zootaxa 4107 (2): 177 (note); [iNaturalist]
Lithosia subcosteola; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 220, pl. 24, f. 15; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Oenistis[sic] subcosteola; Daniel, 1953, Bonn. zool. Beitr. 3:

Lithosia szetchuana Sterneck, 1938 Szetchuan

Lithosia szetchuana Sterneck, 1938; Zs. Öst. EntVer. 23: 47; TL: Szetchuan

Lithosia szetchuana; Daniel, 1954, Bonn. zool. Beitr. 5 (1-2): 114; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist]

Lithosia taishanica Daniel, 1954

China (Shantung). See [maps]

Lithosia taishanica Daniel, 1954; Bonn. zool. Beitr. 5 (1-2): 100; TL: Shantung, Tai Shan

Lithosia taishanica; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Lithosia taiwanella Matsumura, 1927 Formosa

Lithosia taiwanella Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 64; TL: Formosa, Horisha

Lithosia taiwanella; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Lithosia tienmushanica Daniel, 1954

China (Chekiang). See [maps]

Lithosia tienmushanica Daniel, 1954; Bonn. zool. Beitr. 5 (1-2): 120, pl. 3, f. 70; TL: Chekiang, W.Tien-Mu-Shan, 1600m; Hunan, Hoeng Shan, 900m

Lithosia tienmushanica; [LepIndex]

Lithosia tomponis Matsumura, 1927 Formosa

Lithosia tomponis Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 67, pl. 5, f. 10 ♀; TL: Formosa, Tompo

Lithosia tomponis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Lithosia uniformeola Daniel, 1954

N.Yunnan. See [maps]

Lithosia uniformeola Daniel, 1954; Bonn. zool. Beitr. 5 (1-2): 102; TL: N.Yunnan, Li-Kiang

Lithosia uniformeola; [LepIndex]

Lithosia usuguronis Matsumura, 1927 Formosa

Lithosia usuguronis Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 65, pl. 5, f. 17 ♂; TL: Formosa, Horisha

Lithosia usuguronis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

References:

[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!
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[FE] Fauna Europaea
Fauna Europaea
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[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.

Some related literature:

Billberg, 1820
Enumeratio Insectorum Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb. : 1-138
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
Daniel, 1953
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Arctiidae Ostasiens unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Ausbeuten von Dr. h. c. H. Höne aus diesem Gebiet. III. Teil: Lithosiinae Bonn. zool. Beitr. 3 (1-2): 75-90, pl. 2, f. 33-61 (1952), (3-4): 305-324 (1953)
Daniel, 1952
Melanistische Lepidopteren-Formen aus Südbayern Nachr. Bl. bayer. Ent. 1 : 2-4
Daniel, 1954
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Arctiidae Ostasiens unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Ausbeuten von Dr. h. c. H. Höne aus diesem Gebiet. III. Teil: Lithosiinae Bonn. zool. Beitr. 5 (1-2) : 89-138, pl. 3, f. 62-81
Dannehl, 1929
Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna Südtirols. III Ent. Zs. 42 (7): 77-80, (8): 85-88, (10): 110-114, (11): 130-134, (24): 313-316
Druce, 1899
Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4 (21) : 200-205
Dubatolov, Tshistjakov & Viidalepp, 1993
A list of the Lithosiinae of the territory of the former USSR (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) Atalanta 24 (1/2) : 165-175
Dubatolov, Zolotuhin & Witt, 2016
Revision of Lithosia Fabricius, 1798 and Conilepia Hampson, 1900 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) Zootaxa 4107 (2) : 175-196
Dumont, 1903
Description d'une aberration nouvelle d'Oeonistis quadra ♀ ab. confluens Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 72 : 406, pl. 5, f. 6
Fabricius, 1798
Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae Ent. Syst. (Suppl.) : 1-572, (index) 1-53
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
Hampson, 1914
Catalogue oof the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Volume 1 Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: i-xxvii [?], 1-838, pl. 1-41, 2: pl. 42 (f. 1-9)
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
Lempke, 1961
Catalogus der Nederlandse Macrolepitoptera (Achtse Supplement) Tijdschr. Ent. 104 (8) : 111-186, pl. 9-12
Lewin, 1805
A Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales, Collected, Engraved and Faithfully Painted after Nature [ links are to 1822 edition! ] Nat. Hist. lepid. Insects N.S.W.: 19pp, 18pls : 1-19, pl. 1-18
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
Matsumura, 1927
New species and subspecies of moths from the Japanese Empire J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1) : 1-91, pl. 1-5
Matsumura, 1930
New species and form of Arctiidae from Japan Insecta Matsumurana, 5 : 31-40, pl. 1
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. : 1-96
Reich, 1937
Die Arctiidae der China-Ausbeute des Herrn Hermann Höne in Shanghai Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 51 : 113-130
Schawerda, 1921
Neue Formen aus meiner Sammlung Zs. Öst. EntVer. 6 : 2
Scott, Zaspel, Chialvo & Weller, 2014
A preliminary molecular phylogenetic assessment of the lichen moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) with comments on palatability and chemical sequestration Syst. Ent. 39 : 286-303
[SPRK]; Seppänen, 1970
Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit Animalia Fennica 14
Singh, Singh & Joshi, 2014
A Checklist of Subfamily Arctiinae (Erebidae: Noctuoidea: Lepidoptera) from India Rec. Zool. Survey India. Occ. Pap 367 : 1-76
Sodoffsky, 1837
Entomologische untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1837 (6) : 76-97
Spuler, 1910
Die Schmetterlinge Europas. Dritte Auflage II. Band Schmett. Eur. 2: : 1-523
Sterneck, 1938
Zur Kenntnis von Lithosia F. und Pelosia Hb. Fortsetzung Zs. Öst. EntVer. 23 : 46-48, : 54-56, : 59-63
Turati, 1933
Lepidotteri della spedizione di S. A. R. il Duca di Spoleto al Caracorum nel 1929 Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 72 : 191-208
van Wisselingh, 1961
Enige nieuwe vormen van Macrolepidoptera Ent. Ber. 21 : 39-40

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