Teia (moth)

Teia is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.^[1]

Teia
Teia anartoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Orgyiini
Genus:	Teia Walker, 1855

Some authors have treated this name as a synonym of Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1810(e.g.^[2]), but molecular analyses suggest that it is a distinct lineage.^[1]

Species

• Teia anartoides Walker, 1855 (type species)
• Teia athlophora (Turner, 1921)
• Teia parallela (Gaede, 1932)
• Teia sarramea (Holloway, 1979)