Hemihyalea
Sign in to saveHemihyalea is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1901. Its only species, Hemihyalea cornea, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- Family
- Erebidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, USNM, BYU, UMNH, TAMU, MSU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Colombia, United States, Ecuador, Panama
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hemihyalea is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1901. Its only species, Hemihyalea cornea, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.
==Taxonomy== The type species, Hemihyalea cornea, has been proposed for inclusion in Amastus, and other species that were previously classified in Hemihyalea have consequently been moved to the re-established genus Pseudohemihyalea. It is unclear at present whether Hemihyalea is a valid genus at all, and if so, which species other than H. cornea it would contain.
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