Laelia is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Stephens in 1828. Species are well distributed throughout Europe, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java.
Description
They are nocturnal moths. Palpi long and porrect (extending forward) with heavily hairy second joint and long third joint. Antennae with long branches in males and short in females. Forewings are more produced than in species of the genus Aroa, where the wing membrane forms a slight concavity on the ventral side beyond the upper angle of cell. Neuration is similar.
Species
- Laelia actuosa <small>Hering, 1926</small>
- Laelia acuta <small>(Snellen, 1881)</small>
- Laelia adalia <small>Swinhoe, 1900</small>
- Laelia aegra <small>Hering, 1926</small>
- Laelia amabilis <small>Aurivillius, 1879</small>
- Laelia amaura <small>Hering, 1926</small>
- Laelia amaurotera <small>Collenette, 1932</small>
- Laelia anamesa <small>Collenette, 1934</small>
- Laelia andricela <small>Collenette, 1936</small>
- Laelia atestacea <small>Hampson, [1893]</small>
- Laelia aureus <small>Janse, 1915</small>
- Laelia barsineides <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Laelia basibrunnea <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Laelia bethuneana <small>Strand, 1914</small>
- Laelia bifascia <small>Hampson, 1905</small>
- Laelia bilati <small>Dufrane, 1940</small>
- Laelia bonaberiensis <small>(Strand, 1915)</small>
- Laelia buana <small>(Moore, 1859)</small>
- Laelia buruana <small>(Holland, 1900)</small>
- Laelia calamaria <small>Hampson, 1900</small>
- Laelia cardinalis <small>Hampson, [1893]</small>
- Laelia cinnamomea <small>(Moore, 1879)</small>
- Laelia clarki <small>Janse, 1915</small>
- Laelia coenosa <small>(Hübner, [1808])</small>
- Laelia colon <small>(Hampson, 1891)</small>
- Laelia conioptera <small>Collenette, 1936</small>
- Laelia dabano <small>Collenette, 1934</small>
- Laelia devestita <small>(Walker, 1865)</small>
- Laelia dochmia <small>Collenette, 1961</small>
- Laelia eos <small>Hering, 1926</small>
- Laelia erythrobaphes <small>Collenette, 1934</small>
- Laelia eutricha <small>Collenette, 1931</small>
- Laelia exclamationis <small>(Kollar, 1848)</small>
- Laelia extrema <small>Hering, 1926</small>
- Laelia farinosa <small>Röber, 1925</small>
- Laelia fasciata <small>(Moore, [1883])</small>
- Laelia figlina <small>Distant, 1899</small>
- Laelia flandria <small>Collenette, 1937</small>
- Laelia fracta <small>Schaus & Clemens, 1893</small>
- Laelia furva <small>Turner, 1931</small>
- Laelia gigantea <small>Butler, 1885</small>
- Laelia gwelila <small>(Swinhoe, 1903)</small>
- Laelia haematica <small>Hampson, 1905</small>
- Laelia heringi <small>Schultze, 1934</small>
- Laelia heterogyna <small>Hampson, [1893]</small>
- Laelia hodopoea <small>Collenette, 1955</small>
- Laelia hypoleucis <small>Holland, 1893</small>
- Laelia janeschi <small>Hering, 1926</small>
- Laelia japonibia <small>Strand, 1911</small>
- Laelia juvenis <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Laelia lavia <small>Swinhoe, 1903</small>
- Laelia leucolepis <small>Mabille, 1897</small>
- Laelia lignicolor <small>Holland, 1893</small>
- Laelia lilacina <small>Moore, 1884</small>
- Laelia litura <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Laelia lophietes <small>Collenette, 1932</small>
- Laelia lutulenta <small>Collenette, 1960</small>
- Laelia marginepunctata <small>Bethune-Baker, 1908</small>
- Laelia mesoxantha <small>Hering, 1926</small>
- Laelia monoscola <small>Collenette, 1934</small>
- Laelia municipalis <small>Distant, 1897</small>
- Laelia nebrodes <small>Collenette, 1947</small>
- Laelia nigripulverea <small>Janse, 1915</small>
- Laelia obsoleta <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
- Laelia ocellata <small>Holland, 1893</small>
- Laelia ochripalpis <small>Strand, 1914</small>
- Laelia omissa <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Laelia ordinata <small>(Karsch, 1895)</small>
- Laelia orthra <small>Collenette, 1936</small>
- Laelia paetula <small>(Hering, 1926)</small>
- Laelia pallida <small>Moore, 1884</small>
- Laelia pantana <small>Collenette, 1938</small>
- Laelia perbrunnea <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Laelia phaeobalia <small>Collenette, 1932</small>
- Laelia phillipinensis <small>Collenette, 1934</small>
- Laelia polia <small>Collenette, 1936</small>
- Laelia prolata <small>Swinhoe, 1892</small>
- Laelia pulcherrima <small>(Hering, 1926)</small>
- Laelia punctulata <small>(Butler, 1875)</small>
- Laelia pyrrhothrix <small>Collenette, 1938</small>
- Laelia rhodea <small>Collenette, 1947</small>
- Laelia rivularis <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Laelia robusta <small>Janse, 1915</small>
- Laelia rogersi <small>Bethune-Baker, 1913</small>
- Laelia rosea <small>Schaus & Clements, 1893</small>
- Laelia rufolavia <small>Hering, 1928</small>
- Laelia siga <small>Hering, 1926</small>
- Laelia somalica <small>Collenette, 1931</small>
- Laelia stigmatica <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Laelia straminea <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Laelia striata <small>Wileman, 1910</small>
- Laelia subrosea <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Laelia subviridis <small>Janse, 1915</small>
- Laelia suffusa <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Laelia swinnyi <small>Janse, 1915</small>
- Laelia testacea <small>(Moore, 1879)</small>
- Laelia turneri <small>Collenette, 1934</small>
- Laelia umbrina <small>(Moore, 1888)</small>
- Laelia unicoloris <small>van Eecke, 1928</small>
- Laelia uniformis <small>Hampson, 1891</small>
- Laelia venosa <small>Moore, 1877</small>
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