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Mania (moth)

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Mania
Mania sp., from the collection of Felix Stumpe
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Mania

Hübner, 1821
Synonyms
  • Nothus Billberg, 1820 [junior homonym of Nothus Ziegler in Oliver, 1811]
  • Sematura Dalman, 1825
  • Manidia Westwood, 1879 [unnecessary replacement name]

The genus Mania comprises a group of tropical and semi-tropical New World moths in the family Sematuridae. The genus has historically been referred to as either Nothus or Sematura, but both of these names are invalid (see below).

Taxonomy

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The name Nothus is preoccupied by a genus of Coleoptera[1](Minet and Scoble, 1999). The genus name Sematura was also commonly in use for this genus, but it was younger (being published in 1825) than Hübner's name Mania from 1821; a petition to conserve the junior name was rejected by the ICZN in Opinion 2352 (2015)[1], so Hübner's name is officially now the valid name for the genus.

Species

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  • Mania aegisthus (Fabricius, 1781) [Jamaica/Surinam] [2] "Nothus" species Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Nothus aegisthus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  • Mania diana (Guenée, 1857) [Rio de Janeiro] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Nothus diana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  • Mania empedocles (Cramer, 1782) [Type locality Surinam] [3] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Nothus empedocles​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  • Mania lunus (Linnaeus, 1758) [5] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Nothus lunus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

Biology

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The larvae of Mania lunus were reared in Costa Rica in 2001 and are a bit similar to those of Coronidia, being well camouflaged but bearing small projections rather than long spines one the dorsal surface.[2] Host plants recorded were Pentaclethra macroloba (Fabaceae) and Syzygium longifolium (Myrtaceae).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "uio.mbl.edu". uio.mbl.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  2. ^ tulane.edu[dead link]
  3. ^ Sematura luna